DEIMOS Imaging: New ideas and products

During this conference the European Space Agency astronaut and current Manager Director of DEIMOS Imaging Pedro Duque, will offer to the audience a brief description of DEIMOS-1. The future Earth Observation Satellite owned by DEIMOS Imaging and expected to be launched by midyear 2008. The conference includes a description of remote sensing products and services already implemented and offered by DEIMOS Imaging.

View from the space: The astronaut`s look of the Earth

In this conference, Pedro Duque, European Space Agency Astronaut will offer to the audience its particular experience of observing the earth from the space.

Duque flew as Mission Specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-95 mission (29 October to 7 November 1998). This nine-day mission was dedicated to research in weightlessness and the study of the Sun. Duque was responsible, among others, for the five ESA scientific facilities on board and for the extensive computer system and configurations used on the Shuttle.

From 18 to 28 October 2003, Pedro Duque participated in the Cervantes Mission. During this 10-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Duque served as Flight Engineer on the Soyuz-TMA, launching with the Expedition Eight crew and landing with Expedition Seven. Duque carried out an extensive experiment programme in the fields of life and physical sciences, earth observation, education and technology, including experiments in the Microgravity Science Glovebox, a research facility developed in Europe.