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Internship 2015: Travelling to Mars and back!
Last Friday the OeWF team travelled to Mars and back! To make it a fascinating event not only for us but also for children, we invited dozens of kids to explore Mars. You do not believe me?! I’ll included a […]
Inspiring the next generation of Mars explorers
Analog astronaut Joao Lousada reports from his 1st telelecture as an analog astronaut with the High-school Collège la Chatoire, on the Island of La Reunion: When I was first asked to do a tele-lecture with the High-school Collège la Chatoire, on the Island of La Reunion, I have to confess I was slightly afraid...
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 […]