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IN MEMORIAM JAN DE KOOMEN
PIONEER OF DUTCH SPACERotterdam, September 23, 1926 – Houses, August 26, 2021 Jan de Koomen passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2021, he would have turned 95 in September this year. With this we lose a pioneer and major promoter of Dutch space travel. Jan was born in...
SPACE ART COMPETITIE
Will you help us inspire the Dutch public for space travel? Participate in our creative competition and have a chance to win a nice amount of money! Your work will be exhibited in one of the space museums in the Netherlands and the winning artwork will appear on the...
Message of the death of honorary member Jan de Koomen
Jan de Koomen passed away on Thursday, August 26, 2021. Jan de Koomen was chairman of our association from 1975 to 1987 and became an honorary member of our association in 1991. Jan has actively promoted (Dutch) space travel, both during and alongside his career, and...
Ruimtevaart 2021-3
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Space Society Twente is partner
On Wednesday June 30, Space Society Twente’s chairman Egor Tamarin and Ton Marée, chairman of the NVR, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to express the will to work together more closely. Space Society Twente is a student association for everyone who...
IN MEMORIAM Kees de Jager, famous Astronome (1921-2021) honorary member NVR
Kees de Jager passed away on Thursday 27 May, shortly after he reached the venerable age of 100 on 29 April. With this we lose a world famous astronomer, who has also been described by many colleagues as a nestor of Dutch astronomy, a pioneer of Dutch space research,...
Kees de Jager is 100 years old
Prof. Dr. Kees de Jager. World famous astronomer. Honorary member of the NVR and Pioneer of Dutch space research. Former director of the Sonnenborgh observatory and SRON space research institute. Great popularizer of science....
VSV CubeSat promo
"The Da Vinci Satellite, a VSV ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ lustrum project, has almost been finalised. The crowdfunding is the final step towards closing the financial gap of the satellite launch! With your donation, this goal can be achieved. Donations can be made through...
Ruimtevaart 2021-1 published
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Ruimtevaart 2020-4
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New chair NVR
At the online GMM of October 5, 2020, Ton Marée was unanimously elected the new chairman of the NVR. Ton Marée thus relieves Gerard Blaauw, who wielded the gavel for 9 years.
New Partner: NIN
The NIN is an association that offers the platform for sharing knowledge and making contacts in the world of positioning, navigation and time measurement. NVR and NIN have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
We are looking for mentors
To help the teams, NVR is looking for volunteers who can mentor a team or provide advice as an expert in the fields of data analysis, satellite data and business.
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