Visitors can then visit the Erasmus building, which is ESTEC’s centre for human spaceflight, to see attractions including a replica of ESA’s Columbus orbital laboratory, attached to the International Space Station, a support facility for the European Robotic Arm now serving aboard the ISS and the Planetary Robotics Laboratory, evaluating rovers built for Mars and other worlds of the Solar System.

Finally, at 13:30 visitors are invited to attend a talk by ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, who recently spent 176 days in space aboard the ISS. The day concludes at 14:00.