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Solar power for Mars exploration – a first assessment
In July we announced a new partnership with the innovative tech startup Tespack from Finland. Tespack produces outdoor-ready, wearable solar panels which are already integrated in a backpack or can be attached to your own backpack or the smaller ones […]
Young Stars: Water-Rockets in the Solar System
From the 25th to the 29th of July 2016, the 7th General Electric’s Holiday Activity Week for children took place. This year, the motto was “Young Stars”, and thus, the Austrian Space Forum also was a part of it and […]![Explorers Dinner & Silent Auction [Tickets available]](https://oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ase29_dinner-auction.jpg)
Explorers Dinner & Silent Auction [Tickets available]
From 03 – 07 October 2016, 100 space fliers will be in Vienna for their annual Planetary Congress. During one evening you will get the chance to have dinner together with some of the space fliers and aquire flown space […]Shiptracking from Space: Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) and Spire Partner On Austria’s First of Its Kind Groundstation for LEO Satellites
Today, the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) announces that it has entered into a partnership with Spire, a space-based data company, to host an on-site ground station. The ground station is the only one of its kind in Austria and is […]
Internship 2016: The spacesuit algorithm project
It’s summer time again, which means that the OeWF is hosting interns at the suitlab in Innsbruck. Today, we want to introduce Anna (or rather let her introduce herself), who has recently joined Ragnar and Drew to work on a […]
Why is Analog Research important?
Illustrating the Vienna Statement on Analog Planetary Research In early May 2016, the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF), together with a wide range of international partners, published the Vienna Statement on Analog Planetary Research (VSAPR), a single-paged declaration which outlines the […]
Internship 2016: Psychology & Team cohesion
This week several interns started into the OeWF suitlab summer. One of them is Konstantin and we are happy to welcome him in our team :-) Name: Konstantin Chterev University: University of Surrey, United Kingdom Studying: Psychology How did you […]
Internship 2016: Kings College interns
Since two weeks our 2nd and 3rd intern this summer are working with us. We are happy to welcome Drew & Ragnar in our team :-) Name: Drew Masters & Ragnar Kristjánsson University: King’s College London, United Kingdom Studying: Master […]
Internship 2016: Terrain Estimation by a Monocular Camera
It’s been one month here and I have learnt tons of things working. I wouldn’t say everything is going according to the schedule, but I believe research projects are like this, we hope that something will work and go further […]