Video from ESA/ESTEC Before Editing
I've not had time to edit the footage I'm recording on my trip to ESTEC, but I figured these are a couple of bits which don't need any editing to be interesting. The center has a public museum which includes a typical collection of space hardware, but my favourite part was a Viking 2 engine from a 1st generation Ariane rocket which had been cut in half to let people see the interior plumbing of the engine.
The town of Noordwijk has Astronaut hand and footprints in the pavement along the waterfront, this weekend they officially unveiled some new tiles from Apollo astronauts Walt Cunningham & Rusty Schweikart, as well as ESA Astronaut Alexander Gerst.
ESA Visit - Ariane 1 Viking Rocket & Alexander Gerst (YouTube)
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Thanks for the in-detail explanation and for that short talk of Alexander at the end :) It's super cool that you have an opportunity to be an events like this
The cutaway engine is such a great exhibit! I visited about a year ago and spent what must have felt like ages to my dad (who wanted to get on with the rest of the museum) following the pipes, trying to figure out where everything flows. What's strange is that the plaque says the red and yellow pipes transfer liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, respectively, but the Viking 2 engine actually burned dinitrogen tetroxide and UDMH, as you said.