OeWF Blog

World Space Week 2013 with MarsTweetup on 5th October 2013

The WSW takes place worldwide from 4-10Oct 2013. The OeWF is inviting 20 Social Media Follower to the WSW Mission Control Center in Innsbruck, Austria.

Summer in the lab: 3D printing, fiberglass & gluing

Sara Berrada, Moroccan intern on her first week in the Spacesuit Lab.

World Space Week 2013: Call for Volunteers

The Austrian Space Forum is looking for volunteers! This year, the World Space Week is under the motto “Exploring Mars. Discovering Earth”. In dozens of countries worldwide, this event marks an annual showcasing of space activities around the globe – […]

Three interns in a Lab

Weekly report , 2nd week 8.7.- 12.7.2013. Nina & Lukas joined Agnieszka in the lab

Summary report of the endeavours during my first week’s internship

Agnieszka Sekula: Take a look, have a read, join the team.

Think space and win a trip to Beijing [update]

The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), in cooperation with committees of the International Astronautical Federation, is presenting competitive opportunities for students and young professionals to attend the Space Generation Congress and International Astronautical Congress to be held in Beijing, China, […]

MARS2013 science workshop, the science behind the mission

The MARS2013 Mars analog field simulation in the Northern Sahara in Morocco ended on 28th February 2013. The last field crew member returned on 6th March 2013 safely to home. Now 2.5 months later more than 40 people met in […]

Austrian Space Forum Mars projects feature in the british magazine “All About Space”

The british magazine “All About Space” has made “Destination Mars” the topic of this month’s edition. Robert Zubrin (Mars Society) and Gernot Groemer (Austrian Space Forum) provide an insight into current status of manned flights to Mars. These plans cover […]

MARS2013 Mission Report released

It is our sincere pleasure to present to you the Mission Report of the MARS2013 expedition. This (general) report is a non-scientific overview on what happened during the Mars analog mission. The scientific papers are in preparation, conference presentations are […]

MARS2013 Science Bulletin Issue 03, 28Feb2013

MARS2013 Science Bulletin issue 03. Performing geological experiments on Mars. Designing the Flight Plan for a mission to Mars. Protecting astronauts against unpredictable events.