The Netherlands Space Society NVR celebrated a great 60th birthday party at the Space Expo in Noordwijk on saturday December 17. Most memorable was the honorary membership that was awarded to Kees de Jager, professor in Astronomy and founding father of Dutch Space Science excellence since the early sixties. The picture below shows the honorary members that were present in the audience, together with an image of NVR honorary member André Kuipers in the background. André had a special video message for the 80 NVR members that were present, just days before his launch to the International Space Station ISS.

(Twitter-)Picture by @hollandspacecen. From left to right: Daan de Hoop, Piet Smolders, Karel Wakker, André Kuipers, Kees de Jager & Jan de Koomen

The Netherlands Space Society NVR celebrates its 60th birthday on december 17 in the Space Expo in Noordwijk. NVR members are invited to join this exclusive party. It will be an exciting programme looking back and forward to the things that space exploration brings society. Read the official invitation here (English verion) and here (Dutch version) .

Space professionals from the Netherlands Space Society (NVR) meet Aerospace students at the Space Speeddate on tuesday 29th. This event is hosted by the Space Department (RVD) and the NVR at the faculty room of the TU Delft Aerospace faculty. There will be ample opportunity to discuss space related subjects in groups of 2-4 students with space professionals. The drinks afterwards will allow for more casual talks about space in general. The event starts with drinks at 17:00. The Speeddate starts at 17:30, the drinks continue afterwards until 19:30. For Space Professionals, if you want to participate, please register yourself at: Dit e-mail adres is beschermd door spambots, u heeft Javascript nodig om dit onderdeel te kunnen bekijken