Parts of the ASE XXVIII Planetary Congress in Stockholm are open for the public. More information about the programme can be found below. No pre-registration will be required for participants of the sessions takning place in Stockholm, and seats will be offered according to a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis. Pre-registration is required for the sessions in Växjö. Press can apply for credentials in order to ensure a seat. For more information about press credentials, please click here.
To watch the Stockholm sessions live, visit the KTH website.
Monday, September 21, 2015
09:00 – 10:00 Opening Ceremony
Grunewaldsalen Concert Hall, Stockholm
Open for external participation
Moderator:
Christer Fuglesang, Director KTH Space Center and astronaut, Sweden
Speakers:
Soichi Noguchi – President ASE and astronaut, Japan
Peter Gudmundson – President KTH
Olle Norberg – General Director Swedish National Space Board
Helene Hellmark Knutsson – Minister For Higher Education and Research
10:15 – 11:45 Theme Session “Inspired by Space”
Grunewaldsalen Concert Hall, Stockholm
Open for external participation
Co-Charimen:
Soichi Noguchi, President ASE and astronaut, Japan
Professor Christer Fuglesang, astronaut, Sweden
Speakers:
Chris Hadfield, astronaut, Canada
Elena Serova, cosmonaut, Russia
Samantha Christoforetti, astronaut, Italy
Professor Anders Ynnerman
Contest winner “Why are you inspired by space?”
14:00 – 16:00 ASE/IAF Joint Technical Session “Advances in European Space Exploration” KTH Auditorium F1, Stockholm
Open for external participation
Co-Chairmen:
Cristian Bank, Chairman, Human Spaceflight Committee, IAF
John-David Bartoe, Astronaut; Executive Committee, ASE
Speakers:
Jean Jacques Dordain, Advisor to the President of CNES “Advances in Europe’s Space Capability”
Gerhard Thiele, Astronaut; Head, Human Spaceflight and Operations Strategic Planning and Outreach Office, ESA “Europe’s Progress and Plans in Human Spaceflight”
Patrik Sundblad, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden “Advances in Human Research for Space Exploration”
Andrea Accomazzo, Rosetta Flight Director, ESA “How to rendezvous, orbit, and land on a comet”
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
09:00 – 10:50 Technical Session “Space Research”
KTH Auditorium F1, Stockholm
Open for external participation
Co-Chairmen:
ASE Astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar, PhD NAE (USA)
Professor Katja Grillner, Dean of Faculty at KTH Sweden
Speakers:
Astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar “Introduction to Exploration Technical Challenges”
Dr. Tom Marshburn, former NASA Flight Surgeon and NASA Astronaut, “The Medical Challenges to Long Duration Spaceflight and US Research Focus”
Dr. Chiaki Mukai, JAXA astronaut
Dr. Katherine Freese, Director of Nordita, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, “What we know about the Universe Today”
Short presentations:
Professor Yifang Ban, “Earth Observation Data for Global Urban Services”
Professor Anna Jensen, “Geodesy and Space Technology at KTH”
Researcher Per-Arne Lindqvist, “The MMS mission”
Professor Mark Pearce, “Exploring the high energy Universe with satellites and balloons”
Professor Mikael Östling, “Working on Venus”
Former Technical Director of SSC Sven Grahn, “KTH student satellite”
11:10 – 13:00 Technical Session “EVA: 50 Years and the Future”
KTH Auditorium F1, Stockholm
Open for external participation
Co-chairmen:
Michael Lopez-Alegria, astronaut, USA
Alexei Leonov, cosmonaut, Russia
Speakers:
Bruce McCandless, astronaut, USA
Soichi Noguchi, astronaut, Japan
Luca Parmitano, astronaut, ESA
Carl Walz, astronaut, USA
Oleg Kotov, cosmonaut, Russia
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Community day
Astronauts visits The Parliament, The House of Culture and schools around Stockholm.
Not open for external participation.
| School/other | Astronauts/pair |
| Bagarmossens skola | John-David Bartoe (USA) + Aleksander Skvortsov |
| Blackebergs gymnasium | Mike Fincke (USA) +Anton Shkaplerov (RUS |
| Bromma Gymnasium | Yuri Baturin (RUS) + K-D Flade (Tyskland) |
| Celsiusskolan | Oleg Novitskiy (RUS) + Luca Parmitano (Italien) |
| Danderyds gymnasium | Salizhan Sharipov (RUS) + Drew Feustel (USA) |
| Eklidens skola | John Fabian (USA) + Gregory Olsen (USA) |
| Europaskolan Strängnäs Gym | Dorin Prunariu (Rumänien) + Mohammed Fares |
| Fridegårdsgymnasiet | Jim Voss (USA) + Yuri Usachev (RUS) |
| Fryshuset gymnasium | Mark Brown (USA) + Randy Bresnik (USA) |
| Fyrisskolan | Bill Oefelein (USA) + Michel Tognini (FRA) |
| Hersby gymnasium | Alexander Ivanchenkov (RUS) + Ken Reightler (US |
| House of Science | Don Pettit (USA), Sergej Avdeev (RUS), |
| Huddingegymnasiet | Reinhold Ewald (Tyskland) + Anna Fisher (USA) |
| Jensen Gymnasium | Vyacheslav Zudov (RUS) + John Creighton (USA) |
| Katrineholms tekniska colla | Oleg Artemiev (RUS) + Alexander Gerst (Tyskland |
| Kulturhuset (House of Culture) | Chris Hadfield (CAN), Samantha Cristoforetti (I Leonov (RUS), Cady Coleman (USA) |
| Kungsholmens gymnasium | Alexander Balandin (RUS) + Vladimir Titov (RUS) |
| Kungsängsgymnasiet | Franz Viehböck (Austria) + Toktar Aubakirov (Ka |
| Kärrtorp gymnasium | Sergei Revin (RUS) + Richard Garriott (USA) |
| Lundellska skolan | Pavel Vinogradov (RUS) + Bruce McCandless (USA) |
| Nacka gymnasium | Aleksander Aleksandrov (BUL) + Owen Garriott (USA) |
| Norra Real | Gerhard Thiele (Tyskland) + Mary Ellen Weber (USA) |
| Nya Elementar | Anousheh Ansari (USA) + Mike Lopez-Alegria (USA) |
| Nyköpings gymnasium | Bertalan Farkas (Ungern) + Jean-Pierre Haigneré |
| Nynäshamns Gymnasium | Ulf Merbold (Tyskland) + Shannon Lucid (USA) |
| Riksdagen (Parliament) | Yuri Gidzenko (RUS), Soichi Noguchi (Japan), Bi (USA) Christer Fuglesang (SWE) |
| Rinmangymnasiet | John Phillips (USA) + Oleg Kotov (RUS) |
| Rodengymnasiet | Mike McCulley (USA) + Mario Runco (USA) |
| Ross Tensta Gymnasium | Sergei Treshchev (RUS) + + Miroslaw Hermaszewsk |
| Rudbeckianska gymnasiet | Georgi Ivanov (BUL) + Vladimir Remek (Czech) |
| Rudbecksgymnasiet | Viktor Savinykh (RUS) + Richard Richards (USA) |
| Rödabergsskolan | Tom Jones (USA) +Helen Sharman (UK) |
| Solna Gymnasium | Nikolaj Budarin (RUS) + Rusty Schweickart (USA) |
| Thorildsplans gymnasium | Ed Lu (USA) + Rick Mastracchio (USA) |
| Tullinge gymnasium | Ernst Messerschmid (Tyskland) + Bonnie Dunbar |
| Täljegymnasiet | Valeri Tokarev (RUS) +Susan Helms (USA) |
| Upplands-Brogymnasiet | Jeff Hoffman (US A+)Karol Bobko (USA) |
| Vallentuna gymnasiet | Stephanie Wilson (USA) + Elena Serova (RUS) |
| Westerlundska gymnasiet | Anatoli Ivanishin (RUS) + Tom Marshburn, (USA) |
| Viktor Rydbergs gymnasium | Georgy Greghko (RUS) + Tony Antonelli (USA) |
| Värmdö Gymnasium | Alexander Samokutyaev (RUS) +Drew Gaffney, (USA |
| Västberga skolan | Chiaki Mukai (Japan) + Carl Walz (USA) |
| Åva Gymnasium | Ulrich Walter (Tyskland) + Tom Henricks (USA) |
| Österåkers gymnasium | Sergei Zalyotin (RUS) + Pam Melroy (USA) |
| Reserved for school or Parliament (DBD) | Zhang Xiaoquang (China) |
17:30 – 20:00 ASE Fundraising Event
Tändstickspalatset, Stockholm
Open for external participation
Benefit event to support the educational and scholarship programs of the Association of Space Explorers.
Meetings with astronauts, snacks and refreshments, a silent auction and a live concert with astronaut band Max Q.
For more information and tickets see the international ASE website
Friday, September 25, 2015
Community day
Astronauts visits schools around Småland.
Not open for external participation
| Town | School | Astronauts |
| Alvesta | Grönkullaskolan | Christer Fuglesang |
| Alvesta | Hjortsbergaskolan | Viehbock & Aubakirov |
| Lessebo | Bikupan | Voss & Usachev |
| Lessebo | Björkskolan | Alexandrov & Hermaszewski |
| Lessebo | Hackebackeskolan | Samantha & Christoforetti |
| Lessebo | Kvarndammskolan | Ivanov & Remek |
| Lessebo | Lustigkulla skola | Tognini & Avdeev |
| Ljungby | Angelstadskolan | Merbold & Fisher |
| Ljungby | Ekebackenskolan | Gerst & Artemiev |
| Ljungby | Hamnedaskolan | Budarin & Lopez-Alegria |
| Ljungby | Hjortsbergskolan | Thiele & Weber |
| Ljungby | Kungshögskolan | Farkas & Haignere |
| Ljungby | Lidhultskolan | Shkaplerov & Sharman |
| Ljungby | Stensbergskolan | Noguchi & Fincke |
| Ljungby | Vittarydskolan | Novitsky & Parmitano |
| Ljungby | Åbyskolan | Mukai & Walz |
| Markaryd | Markaryds | Flade & Baturin |
| Markaryd | Strömsnässkolan | Fabian & Wilson |
| Markaryd | Timsfors skola | Walter & Henricks |
| Markaryd | Traryds skola | Sharipov & Feustel |
| Tingsryd | Dackeskolan | Helms & Jones |
| Tingsryd | Idekullaskolan | Dunbar & Titov |
| Tingsryd | Urshultsskolan | Balandin & Bartoe |
| Uppvidinge | Åsedaskolan | Lu & Mastracchio |
| Vimmerby | Vimmerbyn kommun | Bresnik & Brown |
| Växjö | Bergundaskolan | Hoffman & Bobko |
| Växjö | Braås skola | Messerschmid & Pettit |
| Växjö | Centrumskolan | Prunariu & Fares |
| Växjö | Gemla skola | Tokarev & Oefelein |
| Växjö | Fagrabäck | Leonov & Schweickart |
| Växjö | Högstorps skola | McCandless & Vinogradov |
| Växjö | Karl-Oskarskolan | Ewald & Richards |
| Växjö | Lammhults skola | Anousheh & Treshchev |
| Växjö | Lillestadskolan | Garriott & Serova |
| Växjö | Norregårdsskolan | Zaletin & Melroy |
| Växjö | Pilbäckskolan | Anders & Antonelli |
| Växjö | Ringsbergsskolan | Savinykh & Coleman |
| Växjö | Sandsbro skola | Samokutyaev & Skvortsov |
| Växjö | Växjö Montesori | McCulley & Runco |
| Växjö | Åryds skola | Zudov & Creighton |
| Växjö | Öjaby skola | Reightler & Ivanchenkov |
| Växjö | Östra Lugnet | Phillips & Kotov |
| Älmhult | Diö skola | Revin & Gidzenko |
| Älmhult | Gemöskolan | Grechko & Cayeux |
| Älmhult | Linnéskolan | Ivanishin & Marshburn |
14:30 – 16:00 Technical Session “Future Space Vehicles”
Linnaeus University, Växjö
Open for external participation: For registration, click here
Saturday, September 26, 2015
08:30 – 11:15 Technical Session “Next Human Destinations”
Linnaeus University, Växjö
Open for external participation: for registration, click here