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ASSOCIATION Celebrates 75 YEARS

Norwegian Astronautical Association

Celebrating 75 years


The Norwegian Astronautical Society is celebrating its 75th anniversary. We are marking the anniversary with lectures about the history and future of the society, including Norway's first astronaut Jannicke Mikkelsen, the Artemis program, and SpaceX.

The lecture "NAF – the first 75 years" will be given by Per Arne Marthinsen. Marthinsen has been the leader of the Norwegian Astronautical Association (NAF) and editor of Romfart for a number of years. He gives a brief overview of how NAF was established, and how the association has developed through its first 75 years.

In "First Norwegian Astronaut" we meet Jannicke Mikkelsen, Norway's first astronaut. Mikkelsen has a background as a cinematographer and special expertise in high-tech film production and XR. She was selected as an astronaut because of her expertise in XR film production, and will, among other things, film from polar orbit. Together with O2XR, she has developed special equipment for filming in zero gravity.

In the lecture "Superpower politics in space" we meet Hellmut Lagos Koller, Chile's ambassador to Norway and Iceland. Koller has been a diplomat for Chile since 1995 and is currently ambassador to Norway and Iceland. He has worked with space diplomacy since 2006 and has, among other things, led UN work related to the peaceful use of space and the development of norms for responsible behavior in space. The lecture will be held in English.

After a break, the program continues with "Artemis - status of the lunar program" by Ragnar Thorbjørnsen. Thorbjørnsen is the editor of Romfart and has followed developments in space since the Apollo program. In recent years, he has particularly followed NASA's Artemis program. He gives an update on the lunar program and looks at what we can expect in the years to come.

Finally, Rolf-Harald Haugen the talk "SpaceX and innovation culture". Haugen is co-founder and chairman of O2XR and has a background in the Norwegian Armed Forces, technology companies and the aerospace sector. He holds a master's degree in innovation management from UiT The Arctic University of Norway, with a particular focus on crisis-driven innovation management and SpaceX's early development.

Registration and information

The event is held via Zoom by organizer STEAM4SPACE and requires an entrance ticket to the museum. 


Oct 11, 12:00–16:00

The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology


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