The launch of the second Sentinel-1 satellite, due to lift off on 22 April, will be celebrated at ESA’s data centre in Frascati – this is my next event to come, with Italian moderator Gigi Donelli.
The live coverage of the ExoMars launch event was seen by 293K unique viewers with 2.6 Mio minutes on the webcast. I have developed, prepared and directed the stage event for ESA.
On Monday 14th March, Europe and Russia launch their first joint mission to Mars. I am concepting and directing the central European event for ExoMars-16 in Darmstadt.
I have successfully produced the televized event at the launch of the S3A satellite with a total of 26 stage guests, 300+ audience, 70+ media and a wonderful moderator.
My Fulldome Film „Journey to a Billion Suns“ has been licensed by the Planetarium at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna. It’s number 63 since its opening in January 2014.
Another delay for ESA’s Sentinel 3A satellite. Scheduled for 2016, week #5, the lift-off will not happen before 16 February. I am in charge of the TV event, provided to media and broadcasted live on dedicated carriers.
My popular artwork on Pinterest has achieved its 50th entry. It is a small piece of inlay work made of Northern Germany’s dyke cheese, assembled on a slice of wholemeal bread. Preparing the morning snack for the family, cheese and bread often come out as pieces of inlay work, a rare and forgotten craftsmanship of the past. Without any context to my work, in fact. Become a follower here.
Another successful launch of a sentinel satellite from the European Copernicus programme. All night busy, as the launch of S2A happened at almost 4 am CET – but we are all happy the event went smoothly, and media as well as VIPs were well entertained. Image with moderator Louise Houghton and ESA PR supporters Daniel Scuka and Nicola Gebers.
Inaugurated by Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah, and President of the University of Sharjah, the new Sharjah Center for Astronomy & Space Sciences has opened its doors for the public. It contains a planetarium and large areas with hands-on exhibits, plus an exhibition abouot astronomy and spaceflight. I have investigated and scripted the large info-walls for the entire building.
My Fulldome film “Journey to a Billion Suns” has attracted over 120,000 visitors in 2014. The film has been running in 33 planeteria in ten countries, with more than 2,100 performances in total. It tells the story about measuring the distances in the Universe with space telescopes, in particular the European Gaia telescope.
Amongst the participating planetaria, the Spanish Parc Astronomic in Montsec recorded the most visitors, while the Hamburg planetarium in Germany acheived the most visitors per week. Two third of planetaria have earned the ten years’ licensing fee in a single year’s time.
After a two years’ production period, and with substantial support by the European Space Agency ESA, “Journey to a Billion Suns” has premiered in January 2014. Later, it has been presented at Fulldome and cinema film festivals in Europe, America and Asia, and won prizes and praise for its storytelling. As of today, 43 planetaria have scheduled it in their programmes, including Russia, the US, Korea and India.
Fulldome films cannot be played other than in planetaria. Fulldome is a special cinema format, allowing to screen a warped video image onto the entire inner surface of a planetarium dome and making it a unique 360° experience. The requirement in resolution is enormeous, as is the effect: The film virtually immerses the audience into the plot. New spacial sound audio amplifies the visitor involvement.