A joint event organised by the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, the German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics (Lilienthal-Oberth) and the Berlin Planetarium Foundation.
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Expedition zur ISS.
Programme:
10.00 – 10.10 am
Welcome and introduction: Dr Dietrich Spänkuch, MLS
Presentations
Moderator: Dr Dietrich Spänkuch, MLS
10.10 – 10.55
Dr Wolfgang Both (Berlin): ‘100 years ago, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fuelled rocket’
10.55 – 11.40
Prof. Dr Hanns-Christian Gunga (Charité), MLS: ‘The effects of weightlessness on the human body’
11.40 – 12.25
Thomas Breit (Alzey): ‘University research into rocket development at the West Test Site in Kummersdorf’
12.25 – 1.15 pm
Lunch break
Presentations
Moderator: Dr Christian Gritzner
1.15 pm – 2.00 pm
Prof. Dr Dieter Oertel (Schwielochsee): ‘Vasili Ivanovich Moroz – a pioneer of planetary exploration’
2.00 – 2.45 pm
Dr Olaf Przybilski (Dresden): ‘The deportation of German rocket experts to the Soviet Union 80 years ago’
2.45 – 3.15 pm
Coffee break
Moderator: Dr Hauke Hussmann, MLS
3.15 pm – 4.00 pm
Prof. Dr Marcus Schladebach (Potsdam): ‘On the history of space law’
Dr Dietrich Spänkuch, MLS
Closing remarks
Publications
All publications will be made available on the website of the Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin.
Additional information
Dates
November 2026
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