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02
September
2022
Amanar Project Visit to ESAC

On Tuesday, August 30th, the CESAR team welcomed a group of Sahrawi children from the refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, and their host families to the ESAC site for a day of fun and learning. The activity was organised in collaboration with the GalileoMobile – Amanar project and the Holidays in Peace – Madrid program.

After learning about our solar system, the children also took a virtual tour of the universe with their crafted telescopes.

Next, they discovered ESAC’s walk of fame, with models of some of ESA's key science missions and the antenna for satellite communication. Pictured below is the group in front of a model of the SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) mission.

The visitors were happy to learn from SMOS Spacecraft Operations Manager Jorge Fauste in the SMOS mission control room and explore the CESAR Helios solar observatory.

 

In the afternoon, the young scientists concluded their visit by simulating crater formation on “planetary surfaces” made of flour and cocoa.

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