On Monday, February 10, 2020 at 5:03 a.m. (CET), the ESA satellite Solar Orbiter was successfully launched with an Atlas 5 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. In less than 2 years the satellite will reach an orbit around the sun, where it can start scientific observations.

The Mouse was back! Finally, on October 3, 2019, Schauinsland Observatory opened its doors to the very young. This was the seventh time that the German television children’s series “The Show with the Mouse” invited children from age 6 and their families to visit the observatory.