| Description | The ceremony of laying the cornerstone of the European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) took place on the Friday 27 September 1968 at 11. Ambassadors, scientists, national and local authorities, delegates from ESRO member states, ESRO Staff and journalists listening the addresses by the Chairman of the ESRO Council, Professor H.C. van de Hulst, the Director General of ESRO, Hermann Bondi, the Director of ESRIN, H.L. Jordan, the European NASA representative, Mr. C. Wood, the Chairman of the Italian National Research Council, Professor V. Caglioti, the Mayor of Frascati, Mr. G. Boazzelli and the Undersecretary of State for Scientific Research in Italy, Professor M. Pedini. |
