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Internship 2015: Meet our 2nd summer intern
Last week we introduced Irsana Payzullaeva, this week we would like to warmly Pradyumna Nanda Vyshnav from India as our second intern. Name: Pradyumna Nanda Vyshnav University: Lulea University of Technology, Sweden Studying: Erasmus Mundus Masters in Space Science & […]
Internships 2015: Meet the new Intern!
Since several years the OeWF is offering internships at our PolAres spacesuit laboratory in Innsbruck. Most of the interns come to us during summer time. This summer will be especially exciting as we will have the AMADEE-15 Mars simulation in […]
What do the Eurovision Song Contest and Mars Research have in common?
This year, the Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Austria with the theme “Building Bridges”. You might be asking what this musical competition has in common with Mars research. Each song contest participant was invited in advance to visit a particular, […]
TEAM COHESION
Analog Astronaut Iñigo Muñoz Elorza describes his impressions about the 3rd training block, his first time in the Aouda.X suit, how the team grows together and how to survive a cold night outdoor.
“I am a Mars Pioneer”
With this slogan we present people of the Austrian Space Forum, who are engaged in our Mars Analog Research Program PolAres. Each of them contributes a small step for future human Mars exploration and that makes each individual a Mars […]
There is a first time for everything
How does it feel to wear the Aouda.X spacesuit for the first time? Do you feel the weight? During the 2nd analog astronaut training, Carmen Köhler donned the spacesuit & reports now about her first time wearing a Mars analog spacesuit simulator.
TiuTerra Crystals in orbit: a photo proof :-)
Exactly one year after the first presentation of the TiuTerra crystals ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti sends us a photo of the weightless crystal on board of the International Space Station (ISS). The photo was taken inside the “Cupola” – a […]
How a broken leg made me a better Analog Astronaut
How a broken leg was not a showstopper for Joao Lousada to become an analog astronaut.
Ground Control to Glacier Space Station
In Stefan Dobrovolny's blog post he writes about his thoughts on the analog astronaut selection and about his motivation becoming an analog astronaut.