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Jari Mäkinen (Kuva: Michel Aston)

His Blog at the YLE Science (in Finnish)

 

HISTORY

  • First article published in 1983 (aged 16 years)
  • Freelance science writer since 1985
  • Studies astronomy at the University of Helsinki 1986-1992
  • First article in Tekniikan maailma 1988
  • First radio programme on national radio 1989
  • Living and working in France 1991-1993
  • Entered television on national Channel 1 in 1995
  • Free lance corporate video director and producer since 1998
  • Own production company founded 1999.

CURRENTLY

  • Working as Senior Editor for Human Spaceflight at the ESTEC space centre of the European Space Agency
  • CEO and president of Kupla Productions Ltd
  • Occasional short items for Finnish Broadcasting Co, Science programs unit
  • Writing for Tekniikan maailma, Tähdet ja avaruus and Tiede magazines
  • Specialized in spaceflight, astronomy and aviation
  • Promoting of public understanding of space and natural sciences
  • Other activities: cooking, wines, travelling, star gazing, cycling and flying (VFR only)
  • Speaks fluently Finnish, French and English, communicates somehow in German and Swedish, and knows more than three words of Estonian, Italian and Spanish.

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