{"title": "Debatte: Fortschritt für alle? – Eine Debatte über die Zukunft der Raumfahrt", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T13:00:00+01:00", "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/space-exploration", "society/politics"], "description": "An Oxford-style debate on the future of spaceflight around the motion «Die Privatisierung des Weltalls nützt der Menschheit» – whether privatising space benefits humanity. It is organised by the Albert Einstein School of Public Policy at ETH Zürich and moderated by Dr. Benedikt Knüsel. Nanja Strecker and Holger Wentscher argue for the motion, while Priska Seiler Graf and Felix Seidel argue against it. 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It is put on by ETH Zurich; Aiyana Diwa, Audrey Aebi and Chloé Pilloud share their everyday working life at ESA in Spain, NASA in the USA and JAXA in Japan. Topics include landing on an icy moon, the water beneath the ice crust and how to study the sun more precisely in future. The talk lasts 40 minutes and is recommended for teenagers and adults.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/lightning-talks-von-der-eth-an-die-grossen-raumfahrtagenture-78199/", "official_url": "https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/meet-eth/wowhochzwei/1-november-2026/von-der-eth-an-die-grossen-raumfahrtagenturen-der-welt.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/46cfb94899a1e1dba14c014c7bb19071ad60b9edcc1c5c4fb796b4adb1b95ac8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Warum ist der Weltraum ein guter Ort für grosse Ideen? 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There are also exhibitions and demonstrations such as the four-legged robot LunarLeaper and the student-built Mars rover CRATER, guided tours, planetarium shows and workshops for children and teenagers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/wow2-space-mensch-und-all-76396/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "wow² Space – Humans and Space, 31 Oct and 1 Nov 2026", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH Zürich", "address": "Sonneggstrasse 5, 8006 Zürich", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.zuerich-kultur.ch/kultur/zuerich/museen/kunsthaus.zuerich/kunsthaus.zuerich.html#seg140471", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "«wow² – Humans and Space» is a public event format by ETH Zurich now in its second edition, spending two days on one question: what are we humans searching for in space, and what does space research bring to our lives on Earth. 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There are also the show «BLACK BOX» with Patrick «Karpi» Karpiczenko and Mirko Bischofberger, «Cook the Science» with star chef Markus Stöckli and physics professor Thomas Michaels, the four-legged moon robot LunarLeaper, the student-built Mars rover CRATER, guided tours, planetarium shows and workshops for children and teenagers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/wow2-space-humans-and-space-31-oct-and-1-nov-2026-69469/", "official_url": "https://www.zuerich-kultur.ch/eventdb/show_event.php?id=176832", "image": "https://noky.io/images/07e5bc523f42a671dfe36fdc42c04cb5af3ae3ab7ce19fd244f7e103fb7219e2-600.webp"}, {"title": "wow² Space – Humans and Space", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH Zürich", "address": "Sonneggstrasse 5, 8006 Zürich", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "wow² Space – Humans and Space is a public science event featuring talks, live podcasts, shows, tours, workshops and demonstrations all about space. 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It explores how rockets, satellites and people work together to make a space mission succeed, and what can go wrong along the way. 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It is run by ETH Zurich, which is presenting it for the second time and addresses a broad audience from children to adults. In talks, live podcasts and debates, visitors meet researchers from space and space research, covering topics from lunar and climate research to gravitational waves and life as an analog astronaut. There are also entertainment formats, the four-legged lunar robot LunarLeaper, exhibitions, guided tours, planetarium shows and workshops for children and young people.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/wow2-space-mensch-und-all-78525/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Jugendworkshop: Future Prototyping – Wie sieht der Orbit von morgen aus?", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T13:30:00+01:00", "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/astronomy/space", "diy/making"], "description": "A workshop for young people that turns future questions about space into tangible objects. It deals with low Earth orbit, which is getting crowded with ever more satellites: limited space, space debris, the question of whether we may soon see fewer stars because of satellites, and new professions such as space garbage collection. Rather than only talking about scenarios in theory, participants creatively build the tools for a sustainable future in space. The workshop is run by the Berlin museum Futurium, a house of futures with an exhibition, a lab and a forum, and is aimed at young people aged 13 and up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/jugendworkshop-future-prototyping-wie-sieht-der-orbit-von-mo-68948/", "official_url": "https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/meet-eth/wowhochzwei/1-november-2026/future-prototyping---wie-sieht-der-orbit-von-morgen-aus-0.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/28a6dfc81726eb1bd0dd7bdcbf4cb9a01f4e9616cd9eb5b95f72a9d71c79590a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Ins All und zurück", "start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "A guided tour that takes participants on a journey from Earth into space and back. It is offered by ETH Zurich as part of meet ETH and features, among other things, the ETH-LIFE mission searching for life beyond our solar system, the LunarLeaper on the Moon, the remotely operated Haptic Device, and the student-built Mars rover CRATER. On the way back, participants get a new view of Earth, and on board is ArboSat, densified wood that could make satellite construction more sustainable. The tour lasts 60 minutes and is suitable for adults and young people aged 12 and up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/ins-all-und-zuruck-68936/", "official_url": "https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/meet-eth/wowhochzwei/31-oktober-2026/ins-all-und-zurueck.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/984bdca09e38be6c8606c2f9e12fa138e625da942a45ff7557e3f12ced3288b6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Nächster Halt: Mond", "start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "A talk titled «Nächster Halt: Mond» takes place as part of the wow² event series at ETH Zurich. Dr. Anna Mittelholz, a lecturer in ETH Zurich's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Principal Investigator of the LunarLeaper mission, speaks about the Moon as a returning focus of spaceflight. Topics include NASA's Artemis programme, ESA's Terra Novae programme and other international missions, as well as the state of our knowledge of the Moon, what lies beneath its surface and what a permanent human presence there would require. The talk lasts 45 minutes, is in German with English translation via Accessify, is suitable for adults and teenagers, and researchers will be available for questions for about 15 minutes afterwards.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/nachster-halt-mond-68929/", "official_url": "https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/meet-eth/wowhochzwei/31-oktober-2026/naechster-halt--mond.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6eb24f3017d96ba0802b951cbeb4aaa5b8b5c988db4ff8659bae0c12f891120b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "To Space and Back", "start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH Zürich", "address": "Sonneggstrasse 5, 8006 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["science/astronomy"], "description": "A tour that journeys from Earth into space and back again. It is part of the ETH-LIFE mission, searching for life beyond our solar system. On the Moon, visitors watch the LunarLeaper take its first steps, use a haptic device by EPFL spin-off Force Dimension to feel how astronauts remotely control robots from a space station, and perhaps navigate the Mars rover designed and built by the student-led team CRATER. On the way back, Earth is seen from a fresh perspective – in the luggage: ArboSat, a densified wood that could make satellite construction more sustainable.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/to-space-and-back-68943/", "official_url": "https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/meet-eth/wowhochzwei/31-october-2026/ins-all-und-zurueck.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/984bdca09e38be6c8606c2f9e12fa138e625da942a45ff7557e3f12ced3288b6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Erwachsenenworkshop: Future Prototyping – Wie sieht der Orbit von morgen aus?", "start": "2026-11-01T14:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/astronomy/space", "society/future"], "description": "A hands-on workshop for adults on the orbit above Earth, where satellites are multiplying: how should we deal with limited space and growing debris, and does the scrap-collector of space already exist? It is run by Futurium, a Berlin museum of futures that houses an exhibition of living scenarios, a lab for trying things out and a forum for dialogue. Instead of only talking scenarios, participants build tangible objects and craft tools for a sustainable future in orbit.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/erwachsenenworkshop-future-prototyping-wie-sieht-der-orbit-v-68946/", "official_url": "https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/meet-eth/wowhochzwei/1-november-2026/future-prototyping---wie-sieht-der-orbit-von-morgen-aus-.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/476aa5df0bcdf624f9a08b54ee328f9364a3a62f6e3a63190ee5d237ec74fc5e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Erwachsenenworkshop: Future Storytelling – Unsere Zukunft im Sonnensystem", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T13:30:00+01:00", "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/astronomy/space", "society/future"], "description": "A workshop for adults in which participants slip into the shoes of a person from the future and tell their story. It is run by Futurium, a museum in Berlin that is a house of futures with an exhibition, a lab and a forum. It deals with questions such as holidays on the Moon, Mars as our new living room and space as an automated industrial zone. The focus is on the challenges of a world that keeps extending further into outer space.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/erwachsenenworkshop-future-storytelling-unsere-zukunft-im-so-68947/", "official_url": "https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/meet-eth/wowhochzwei/1-november-2026/future-storytelling---unsere-zukunft-im-sonnensystem.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/263084d3e44412cf2abb137d6760b4a49cedcc5afa5c19128eff68c2458295d9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Jugendworkshop: Future Storytelling – Unsere Zukunft im Sonnensystem", "start": "2026-11-01T14:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/astronomy/space", "society/future"], "description": "In the youth workshop 'Future Storytelling – Unsere Zukunft im Sonnensystem', participants step into the shoes of a person from the future and tell their story. Questions include: Could Mars become our new living room, will space turn into an automated industrial zone, and what role will the solar system play in our everyday lives? The workshop is run by Futurium, a Berlin museum and house of futures that brings an exhibition of living scenarios, a lab for trying things out and a forum for shared dialogue under one roof. It is aimed at young people aged 13 and up, lasts 90 minutes, takes place in German and requires registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/jugendworkshop-future-storytelling-unsere-zukunft-im-sonnens-68949/", "official_url": "https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/meet-eth/wowhochzwei/1-november-2026/future-storytelling---unsere-zukunft-im-sonnensystem0.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2d9a2179653185e01f5b206031ed1a19c82188e9dbc958936290a073864bbd2e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Jugendworkshop: Wie kommen wir zu den Sternen?", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T16:00:00+01:00", "place": "ETH Zürich", "address": "Sonneggstrasse 5, 8006 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/astronomy/spaceflight"], "description": "A youth workshop titled „Wie kommen wir zu den Sternen?“ taking place in lecture hall E 3 at ETH Zurich, open to young people aged 13 and up. It is led by Dr. Ralph Schumacher and Andreas Küttel of the ETH Youth Academy, which offers courses for school students from grade 7 onwards. The topic is how movement in space actually works: the physics and engineering behind satellites, space probes and spaceships, as well as chemical, electrical and nuclear propulsion and concepts that so far exist only in theory. The workshop combines physics, technology and current space research; no prior knowledge is needed, just curiosity, and registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/jugendworkshop-wie-kommen-wir-zu-den-sternen-78196/", "official_url": "https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/meet-eth/wowhochzwei/31-oktober-2026/wie-kommen-wir-zu-den-sternen-.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/40cc9a75aacb107ac051ce2d322ca879fc1b3934f295dd6a10629318e354112d-2000.webp"}]}