The second ESTHER PDR meeting has been held today in the premises of ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
First Preliminary Design Review meeting
The first ESTHER PDR meeting has been held today in the premises of ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
100 years of IST
Instituto Superior Técnico is celebrating its 100th Anniversary today!
More info can be found in http://100.ist.utl.pt
A view of the Main IST campus in 1936
A view of the Main IST campus in 2011
First building architecture plan
The architecture plan for the ESTHER hosting laboratory has been finalized.
The ESTHER laboratory will be located in the premises of the Taguspark IST campus, as a first section of a larger building which will host the IPFN and INESC laboratories in the future.
3D CAD view of the future ESTHER hosting building
Architecture plan of the ESTHER hosting building
Aerial view of the planned extension of the IST Taguspark campus
Aerial view of the IST Taguspark campus, circa 2011
IST celebrates the 50th anniversary of the First Human Spaceflight
By the initiative of IST, Lisbon celebrates the 50th anniversary of the First Human Spaceflight. This year, Yuri’s Night has been organized in partnership between IST, IPFN, and Radio Zero.
Yuris Night program
The program of the celebrations includes:
– The premiere exhibition of the movie “First Orbit” in the central Hall of IST
– A thematic exposition about Mars imagery, also in the central Hall of IST
– The first seminar on SPACE: The Portuguese contribution for research and development
– a Yuri’s Night party in AEIST bar.
A presentation about the ESTHER project has been included in the seminar program. The PDF version of the presentation slides can be downloaded here.
Second Specifications and Requirements Review meeting
The second ESTHER SRR meeting has been held today in the premises of ISA, Bordeaux, France.
ESTHER project presented at the first IPFN internal workshop
A poster detailing the ESTHER project has been presented at the 1st Internal IPFN Workshop at IPFN.
Download a pdf verison of the poster here.
First Specifications and Requirements Review meeting
The first ESTHER SRR meeting has been held today in the premises of IST, Lisbon, Portugal.
TRP Kick-Off
Today marks the Kick-Off of the Kinetic Shock-Tube activity!
Contract awarded!
ESA has agreed to proceed with the contract preparation for the Kinetic Shock-Tube TRP, choosing ESTHER consortium as the TRP contractor.
The ESTHER facility will be hosted on the premises of IST, in Lisbon, Portugal