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Born to Explore Contest – a short summary of the winning entries
The first human to land on Mars has already been born. Together with Franz Viehböck and the Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie (Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology) we invited pupils and students of Austrian schools and universities to participate in the contest “Born to Explore”.
ESA Citizens’ Debate: Deciding Europe’s Future on Space
Silvia Gimenéz Torregrosa, OeWF member from Spain and OeWF Social Media team member, participated in the first ESA Citizens debate on 10th September 2016. Read her report about the first #ESACD2016 in Madrid.
European Rover Challenge 2016: Inspiring new explorers
From 10-13 September, the annual European Rover Challenge, Europe’s largest space and robotic event, took place at the Exhibition and Congress Centre near Rzeszów in Southern Poland. It once again consisted of two parts: A rover competition where young engineers […]Building a spacesuit’s undercarriage
When I returned from my 6 months student exchange in Canada two months ago, the action was just about to begin. I had a fantastic time over there and got to experience at lot of cool stuff but the highlight […]
Caution and Warning Final Sprint
Project update: The Aouda caution and warning system (CWS) has been outlined in a number of previous posts, and we’re happy to report that progress is still being made! Anna Nelson’s internship came to an end a number of weeks […]
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 […]