04 Sep 2008

A number of presentations will be made during the press conference covering the Rosetta mission, the challenge of implementing the fly-by, and the first results and images.

Schedule of presentations for the Rosetta Steins Fly-By Press Conference
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Start time	Presentation	Speaker
12:00	Welcome and introduction	David Southwood, Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, ESA
12:10	Rosetta: the status of the mission	Gerhard Schwehm, Rosetta Mission Manager & Head of Solar System Science Operations Division, ESA
12:20	Rosetta and the study of asteroids	Rita Schulz, Rosetta Project Scientist, ESA
12:30	The fly-by of Steins – stretching Rosetta’s limits	Andrea Accomazzo, Rosetta Spacecraft Operations Manager, ESA
12:40	Steins: first images and results	Uwe Keller, OSIRIS camera Principal Investigator, Max Planck Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
12:50	ESA's plans for asteroid and space debris monitoring	Gaele Winters, Director of Operations and Infrastructure, ESA
13:00	Questions & Answers session, followed by interview opportunities for the media

The press conference will be held at the premises of the European Space Operations Centre (ESA-ESOC), Robert-Bosch Strasse 5, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany