Travel into Space

    The Astrotourism mobility hosted by the coordinator school - PPMG "Akad. Ivan Tsenov" led the guest and host teachers and students to a travel into space. The exciting event took place at the Planetarium of the Nature-Science Museum in the town of Plovdiv. The international group was introduced to some of the iconic space missions of the European Space Agency (ESA) through a themed film. 

    While watching the film the students revised their knowledge about ESA gained over the project activities: member states of ESA, launch pad location, ESA cooperative projects, etc. 

   The show showcases ESA's involvement in major international efforts such as the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope. Our project teams representatives were introduced to the highly successful robotic missions such as Planck and Athena, which explore different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, from microwaves to gamma rays. They flew a virtual tour of the Solar System, starting with the Sun and the new Solar Orbiter mission, through the planets and exciting classic and upcoming planetary missions such as BepiColombo, Venus Express, ExoMars, JUICE and Cassini. The Rosetta mission took them to comets and the outer reaches of the heliosphere.

The memorable experience was a kick-off event for our three-day mobility programme held at the Bulgarian school in the town of Vratsa.