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AMADEE-20 Review Part 4
The Flight Director (FD), or more precisely a Flight Director team, was responsible for the overall operations of the AMADEE-20 mission. During the mission or simulation preparation, the Flight Director, together with the mission management, ensured that the resources of […]
AMADEE-20 Review Part 3
OSS – On Site Support supported the crew of the analog astronauts without interacting with them. They took care of infrastructure that had to be in place on “Mars” for the mission to run smoothly, such as relocating and maintaining […]
AMADEE-20 Review Part 2
During our AMADEE-20 Mars simulation in October 2021, the Human Factors team had the task of supporting the analog astronauts and the team in the Mission Support Centre (MSC). During the mission, operational data on well-being, mental health, performance, attention […]
AMADEE-20 Review Part 1
In October 2021, our 13th Mars analog mission took place. Incredible, already a year has passed. Our extensive Mars simulation in the Negev Desert in Israel brought enormous challenges for both the technology and the teams involved. We do all […]
Pollution on the surface of Mars and Earth’s moon
It is a well-known fact that humans have been polluting the Earth for generations. But what about other celestial objects? Satellites, vehicles, and more was and is sent into space repeatedly and is left in the unknown. Have the Moon and […]
Suborbital space tourism and why every person matters
Space tourism in a nutshell Space enthusiasts are surely familiar with the emerging market of space tourism. SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin, Boeing – many companies are planning to send tourist to space on a big scale starting in the […]
About my internship at the OeWF
My name is Sophie Berger, and I am an Austrian student in aviation engineering. As a part of the studies, I have done a four-month internship from April to July and my bachelor thesis at the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) […]
A student Engineer in a Space-related Internship, Surrounded by the Mountains:
Hello to every space passionate, my name is Nathanaël, and I am a French engineeringstudent. I’ve always wanted to work in the Aerospace field, so this internship in the OeWFthat I started in May is a dream experience. I get […]
AMADEE-20 preliminary science results
The AMADEE-20 Science Workshop took place from 01. – 03. April 2022 in Vienna. During this workshop scientists and researchers from various institutions presented their preliminary findings of their experiment, which was conducted during our last Mars analog simulation in […]