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One of the legendary FACe Christmas parties, December 2015

Visiting the LOFAR station in Hamburg in December 2014

The fourth title for my motorcycle: since November 2009, my BMW is finally french!

Time to push the button: I have left the ISDC end of August 2009 and since then I am in Paris

Life can be dangerous and difficult in France!

One of the rare rainy days in Hamburg, July 2007

The four Stooges at the HEAD meeting in San Francisco, October 2006

The BMW is finally registered in Maryland!

Riding the 1981 BMW to New York. It's raining, but who cares?

It's a tough life in Washington D.C., but someone has to do the dirty job! Potomac falls, December 2003 (photo by Fritz Urban)

An italian-swiss-german activity: visiting Milano (September 2002)

Observation run in July 2002 at La Silla

Serious astronomers on the Blazar Conference in Turku (June 2002)

INTEGRAL PFM 1 launched!
On October 17, 2001, one year before the official start of INTEGRAL, we performed a test at the ISDC with INTEGRAL PFM (paper flight model). INTEGRAL PFM was launched two times successfully (you can read the official launch campaign document).

INTEGRAL PFM - you can clearly see the cylindric SPI on the side and also the solar panels

The launcher ("Heavy Metal Flow Heater") for the second launch test

INTEGRAL after the flight - SPI disconnected from the spacecraft...

ISDC contributed with a numerous staff to the successful launch...

INTEGRAL fully controlled by Thierry (at least here)

January 2001: finally I managed to get an academic title...

Made it! Hanging around at the Hamburger Sternwarte after my defense.