The traveling exhibition promoting the everyday benefits of space technology arrives to Budapest soon. It goes on display from 20 to 25 March. Admission to the expo is free.
European Space Expo is a new traveling exhibition that arrives to Hungary to show us how we benefit from space technology in our everyday lives. The visitors of the interactive exhibition can see – and even touch – a variety of innovative space technologies and services. The Space Expo aims at demonstrating to European citizens how the European Union’s investments in space technology pay off. There are more than thirty thousand applications that are based on European satellite navigation programs such as EGNOS and Galileo, or satellite remote sensing like Copernicus, previously known as GMES. These methods include ones that make transportation more effective, contribute to fishery, agricultural productivity, environmental protection or security.
So far more than a hundred thousand people have visited the traveling exhibition in Copenhagen, Toulouse, Helsinki, Vienna, Brussels, Larnaca, London and Madrid. Now it takes place at Erzsébet tér, Budapest, between 20 and 25 March. The Expo will appear in several other European cities too over the next two years.
Visitors can learn more about the five main areas covered by Copernicus (GMES): sustainable development and renewable energy, agriculture and fisheries, health and environment, climate change and emergency management. An interactive 3D model of Earth, the ‘Omniglobe’ will stand in the center of the exhibition area. It will display information regarding sea temperatures, air traffic, forest fires and many other interesting topics. Galileo, Europe’s own global navigation satellite system – that is still being built – will also be an important part of the exhibition. The full Galileo constellation, consisting of 30 satellites when complete, will be displayed on the Omniglobe.
In addition to the exhibition material, there will be a variety of presentations held by Hungarian companies involved in space industry, research institutions and universities about their own space related work (in Hungarian). The Expo especially welcomes children with quizzes, drawing activities and posters to introduce everyday space applications to them in a fun way. They provide guided tours for school groups.
The organizers of the European Space Expo welcome all visitors!
Venue: Erzsébet tér (downtown Budapest).
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 18.00, Saturday and Sunday from 10.00 to 18.00.
Detailed program: See the detailed program here.
Link
Website of the European Space Expo.
