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#AlexTweetup – Space City Moscow, Part 1
I‘ve been two days and three nights in Moscow staying in the Antihostel Cosmic, where you sleep in small capsule with at least 8 other people in same room, everyone in his own capsule. All of the #AlexTweetup people already […]
#AlexTweetup: Now it’s getting real
I’m ready for somebody else’s adventure. I’m excited to be part of the AlexTweetup (26th – 30th May 2014) group, travelling to Baikonur to see the launch of ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, NASA astronaut Gregory Wiseman and Russian cosmonaut Maxim […]
Fresh from the press – the MARS2013 special edition of “Astrobiology”
The science journal Astrobiology just published a special edition of MARS2013 simulation.
SpaceUpVienna – First SpaceUp Conference in Austria
OeWF social media team lead @olidax reports about the 1st SpaceUp in Austria.
Yuri’s Night 2014: Revealing the TiuTerra Crystal
Two Worlds. One Crystal. During the World Space Week 2013 we invited the public around the world to send us their rock samples. In Austria we cominbed all samples incl. a sample from Antartica and the deep see together with […]
Yuri’s Night 2014: twice in red-white-red
Ever since 2001, the 12th of April sees worldwide celebrations to honor the first manned space flight of Yuri Gagarin. This year, already 70 events in more than 20 countries are registered. Two of those will take place in Austria: […]
OeWF Aouda.X presentation at ESA EAC
Last week a delegation of members of the Austrian Space Forum travelled to Cologne for an Aouda.X spacesuit-simulator presentation at ESA’s European Astronauts Centre (EAC). We arrived on Tuesday evening following a dinner with “Doctor Moon” Prof. Dr. Walter Kühnegger […]
OeWF handing over Earth Master Sample to Swarovski
It was the October 2013, during the busy time of World Space Week, when the OeWF announced a great project together with the famous jeweler, the Swarovski Crystals Company. Together Swarovski and the OeWF started a call to the public […]
The OeWF Spacesuit lab on CNNs “Make.Create.Innovate.”
The Spacesuit Laboratory of the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) was recently visited by reporters of the CNN show “Quest means Business: Make.Create.Innovate”. If you missed yesterdays report on the OeWF Spacesuit lab and Aouda.X on CNN you can now watch […]