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Former ESA Director General talks about space travel and everyday technologies
On Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at 2 p.m., the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research you to a special lecture: Under the title "Space, the Final Frontier," Prof. Dr. Johann-Dietrich "Jan" Wörner will illuminate the development of space travel. He will not only address the opportunities and limitations of exploring the universe, but also demonstrate how many innovations from space travel have long since found their way into people's everyday lives.
Jan Wörner has close ties to Darmstadt: After studying in Berlin and at what was then the Technical University of Darmstadt, he became a professor in 1990 and president of the university in 1995. Later, he headed the German Aerospace Center (DLR) before becoming Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2015. Today, he is Director of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) and the space coordinator for the state of Hesse.
The lecture is aimed at anyone interested in astronomy, the history of technology, and the future of space travel.
Further information on registration and participation can be found on the GSI event page: www.gsi.de/wfa .
(DARMSTADT – RED/GSI)
Featured image: Horsehead Nebula in Orion (© ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi).
