ESA NEWS CONF WITH ASTRONAUT SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI, Oct 18, 2022, 10:45 CEST (4:45 am ET)

ESA will hold a news conference with astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti who just returned from 170 days on the International Space Station on October 18, 2022 at 10:45 Central European Summer Time (4:45 am EDT). It will take place at ESA’s astronaut center in Cologne, Germany and will be webcast on ESA TV.

The agenda and participants are as follows (times are in CEST, subtract 6 for EDT):

All times are CEST. This event will be held in Italian and English.

09:45 – Media arrive on site

10:45 – News conference begins

11:00 – Opportunity for media questions

11:45 – News conference ends

Participants:

Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA astronaut (on site)

Frank De Winne, Head of EAC and ESA ISS Programme Manager (on site)

Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General (remotely)

Giorgio Saccoccia, ASI President (remotely)