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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 […]
SpaceOps conference blog part 2
From speed mentoring to skype conferences – learning how to network with space enthusiasts Sophie’s highlights: After the great feedback we received for our paper on Monday I thought:” Well, it can´t get any much better.” But then, Tuesday came […]
SpaceOps conference blog part 1
Close encounters with the Mars kind “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. – Dale Carnegie” Today, in […]
Born to Explore contest: Apply now
The Austrian Space Forum announced today the student contest “Born to Explore”. On the occasion of the 29th ASE Planetary Congress which will take place in Vienna from 03-07 Oct. 2016 students between 6 – 25 years are invited to […]