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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.
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.