Fresh from the press – the MARS2013 special edition of “Astrobiology”
The science journal Astrobiology just published a special edition of MARS2013 simulation.
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Yuri’s Night 2014: Revealing the TiuTerra Crystal
Two Worlds. One Crystal. During the World Space Week 2013 we invited the public around the world to send us their rock samples. In Austria we cominbed all samples incl. a sample from Antartica and the deep see together with […]
Yuri’s Night 2014: twice in red-white-red
Ever since 2001, the 12th of April sees worldwide celebrations to honor the first manned space flight of Yuri Gagarin. This year, already 70 events in more than 20 countries are registered. Two of those will take place in Austria: […]
OeWF Aouda.X presentation at ESA EAC
Last week a delegation of members of the Austrian Space Forum travelled to Cologne for an Aouda.X spacesuit-simulator presentation at ESA’s European Astronauts Centre (EAC). We arrived on Tuesday evening following a dinner with “Doctor Moon” Prof. Dr. Walter Kühnegger […]
OeWF handing over Earth Master Sample to Swarovski
It was the October 2013, during the busy time of World Space Week, when the OeWF announced a great project together with the famous jeweler, the Swarovski Crystals Company. Together Swarovski and the OeWF started a call to the public […]
The OeWF Spacesuit lab on CNNs “Make.Create.Innovate.”
The Spacesuit Laboratory of the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) was recently visited by reporters of the CNN show “Quest means Business: Make.Create.Innovate”. If you missed yesterdays report on the OeWF Spacesuit lab and Aouda.X on CNN you can now watch […]
ÖWF fliegt Sojuz-ISS Dockingmanöver in Stuttgart !
400 Erstsemestrige Studenten die sich alljährlich für Raumfahrttechnik inskribieren, 167 Mitarbeiter und ein Jahresbudget von 10 Millionen Euro – das ist das Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme der Universität (IRS) Stuttgart im Raumfahrtzentrum Baden-Würtemberg: Grund genug für eine Delegation des ÖWF diese […]
The best pictures of the OeWF year 2013
On the last day of 2013 the Austrian Space Forum takes a look back to review the past working year. 2013 was an exciting, intense year with two major missions (MARS2013 simulation in the Nothern Sahara in Morocco and the […]
Name an asteroid
The Space Generation Advisory Council together with Near Earth Object Project Group and the Minor Planet Center started a great contest. Take your chance to name an asteroid. The contest is open to anyone. Submit your entry by November 30th […]
World Space Walk 2013 – A Simultaneous Success!
One of the key elements of equipment for a future human expedition to Mars will be a spacesuit that allows astronauts to roam the Martian surface. As part of WSW 2013 activities coordinated the OeWF’s from Mission Control Centre in […]