Welcome and Introduction

Monaco premiere screening of Above & Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow, directed by Academy Award nominee Rory Kennedy.
In English, with French subtitles. 60 minutes.
Free and open to the public with advance reservations (details TBA).

Round table panel discussion Pioneers & Innovators of Our Time
​In English with French translation available (60 min)
Moderator : Mr. Mesut Ciceker, Director EMEA Region, Lockheed Martin Space
Master of Ceremonies: Mr. Christian Moore, Senior Vice President Media, SSI Monaco
Panelists:
- Captain Robert "Hoot" Gibson, former US naval officer, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, NASA retired astronaut, flew aboard the shuttles Columbia, Atlantis, Endeavour;
- General Charles Bolden, former NASA Administrator, Major-general of the US Marine Corps and NASA astronaut;​
​- Dr. George "Pinky" Nelson, American physicist, astronomer, scientific educator and former NASA astronaut;​​
- Dr. Rhea Seddon, one of the first six women accepted into the Astronaut Corps;
- Captain Michael Lopez-Alegria, USN (Ret.), four-time astronaut, President of the Association of Space Explorers USA;
- Dr. Ilhami Aygun, President & CEO, Space Systems International - Monaco S.A.M., one the pioniers of satellite communications in Europe;
- Mr. Guy Beutelschies, VP Communication Satellite Solutions, Commercial Civil Space, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company.

The Embassy also welcomes the following Pioneers and Innovators and NASA alumni:
- Buzz Aldrin, one of the first two men to set foot on the Moon in the 1969 historic Apollo 11 mission;
- Jean-François Clervoy, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut from France;
- Patrick Baudry, cosmonaut and astronaut, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.

Auditorium Rainier III
Open to the public
Seating for 1,000

Advanced reservation essential
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October 29-November 19