First Irish astronaut Rory Fitspatrik

The national space center Ireland which Rory Fitspatrik directs, is near Midleton, County of Cork. On a platform which the center owns, there is a big space antenna which was used earlier for high-speed communication with the American continent. The center comes into contacts with ESA, Federal Space Agency, and at the beginning of 2013 concluded the agreement on participation in the grant program Fond Skolkovo...