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Serenity spacesuit teams under critical review
Over the last weeks the “pre-CDR’s” (preliminary Critical Design Reviews) took place in our partner schools. The teams presented their detailed concepts & prototypes for the Serenity spacesuit to the OeWF team leads and had to answer critical questions. This […]
Austrian Space Forum and Israel Space Agency sign Memorandum of Understanding for Mars Analog Mission AMADEE-20
On Monday delegates of the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) and the Israel Space Agency signed an agreement in Tel Aviv, Israel to conduct the OeWF’s next Mars-Analog-Mission in the Negev desert in Israel. The Israel Space Agency is a national […]
Analog astronaut selection: Stressful, tiring and pleasant time
Hi! My name is Emmanuelle Aubert and I am currently writing from the Austrian Space Forum, in Innsbruck, Austria. What I am doing there? That’s a long and nice story… but let’s start with the beginning… In beginning of October, […]
Analog Astronaut Selection: The view from inside
It’s 06:00am. It’s -8 degrees Celsius. I’m stood outside an unassuming building in a suburb of Innsbruck, Austria, wearing only shorts and t-shirt, waiting to begin a run through the darkness with 16 of the most impressive people I’ve ever […]
The best pictures of 2018
On the last day of the year, we love to look back and review the year 2018 with our best pictures. 2018 was definitely dominated by our AMADEE-18 Mars Simulation in Oman. But we also did a lot of school […]
Candidates view of the OeWF analog astronaut selection
While chatting with a friend of mine I we started discussing our childhood aspirations. I mentioned to him that I remember wearing an old ski helmet and a coat hanger as a headset, flying my bunkbed to the Moon, and […]
Studying spacesuits at the European Astronaut Centre
On Monday, a team of the Austrian Space Forum demonstrated the Aouda.X spacesuit simulator to students at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne Germany. As part of their post-graduate education “Diploma in Aviation Medicine”, they learnend about the international OeWF […]
Interview with analog astronaut Kartik Kumar
OeWF analog astronaut Kartik Kumar was interviewed by Meredith Harbord and Sara Khan for their soon-to-be-published book entitled Design Thinking for schools: Ethical Dilemmas.
#IAC2018 Highlights
Today ends the 69th International Aeronautical Congress with a record number of 6,544 attendees. On the public day, additional 13,000 citizens visited the exhibition and the special sessions. In particular, the in-flight call to ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst on the […]