Name: Celebrating the Legacy of the Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL)
Start: 2026-10-09T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-09T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Royal Observatory of Belgium

Celebrating the Legacy of the Fluid Science Laboratory (FSL)

Friday, 9 October 2026 - 09:30

Monday, 5 October 2026
Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Thursday, 8 October 2026
Friday, 9 October 2026
10:00 Introduction
Introduction
10:00 - 10:25
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

10:00 Opening Remarks - Michel Kruglanski (B.USOC (BIRA-IASB))

10:05 Welcome Address - Ann Carine Vandaele (BIRA-IASB)

10:10 Welcome Address - Alex Nitsch (ESA/HRE-OO)

10:15 Special Video Message - Sophie Adenot (ESA)

10:20 Crew Activity Introduction - Samiksha Mestry (SpaceApplications)
10:25 AM Presentations
AM Presentations
10:25 - 12:20
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

10:25 FSL Development - Luigi Castiglione (cosine B.V.)

10:50 Personnal story - Giorgio Trinchero (TAS-I)

11:05 GEOFLOW - Christoph Egbers (Brandenburgische TU) Innocent Mutabazi (U Le Havre)

11:40 Operations @ MARS - Anna Rita Donnarumma (ESA/HRE-HT)

11:55 COMPGRAN - Jan Gabriel (DLR)
12:20 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:20 - 13:20
Room: Meridian Room
13:20 PM Presentations
PM Presentations
13:20 - 15:55
Room: Meridian Room
Contributions

13:20 FSL and the Astronauts

13:25 VMU Mkll - Jean-Marc Wislez (SpaceApplications)

13:50 FOAM-C - Nicolo Galvani (CNR-ISMN Bologna)

14:15 RUBI - Axel Sielaff (TU Darmstadt)

15:00 PASTA - Luigi Cristofolini (U Parma)

15:25 Operations @ B.USOC - Carla Jacobs (SpaceApplications)

15:40 Lessons Learned - Sébastien Vincent-Bonnieu (ESA/HRE-SU)