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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.
The class-of-2015 analog astronaut selection
Kartik Kumars writes about his impressions about the OeWF analog astronaut selection and how it felt beeing selected into the next round.
Where do we go from here? To Mars!
Carmen Köhler's first impressions about the OeWF analog astronaut selection process, not knowing yet, that she will be selected into the final group.
Being an analog astronaut is cool… But it’s much more!
Iñigo Muñoz Elorza, analog astronaut class of 2015, reports about his experience during the selection process and about his motivation to become an analog astronaut.Austrian Space Forum trains five new analog astronauts
Committee selected new trainees from a pool of around 100 applications 100 applications, 637 individual assessments, and three months later: one woman and four men from Austria, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands have been selected to strengthen the Corps […]
Interview with Prof. Dr. Jesús Martinez-Frias – REDESPA Director
Marlen Raab interviewed Prof. Dr. Jesús Martinez-Frias, Senior Scientist at Instituto de Geociencias and Professor “Ad Honorem” at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and Director of the Spanish Network of Planetology and Astrobiology (REDESPA).
1st combined SGAC – OeWF internship
Jacob Hacker reports about his internship at the OeWF in Innsbruck. For the 1st time the SGAC and the OeWF shared an internship.