ESA and German VIPs Richtfest

ESA and German national and regional officials enjoy the 'Richtfest' roof-topping ceremony at ESOC II in Darmstadt on 4 September 2013.

From left to right: J. Baron (South Hessen District President), K.-P. Willsch (Member of the German Bundestag and Chairman of the Aviation and Space Group), J.-U. Hahn (Deputy Prime Minister of the Hessen region), J.-J. Dordain (ESA Director General), H.J. Otto (Parliamentary State Secretary in Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology - BMWi), J. Wörner (CEO of DLR), D. Wagner (Member of the German Bundestag), J. Partsch (Lord Mayor of Darmstadt), T. Reiter (ESA Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations and Head of the ESOC Establishment)