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Commander’s Report # 8, 2006-04-09

2006-04-09, 2000h MST AustroMars Mission Sol 2: “Engineering EVA complete – Ground declared operational!””EVA Team this is HabCom, you are cleared to open the outer hatch of the airlock!” With this words Christian Hutsteiner, the Flight Engineer, and myself, Norbert […]

Commander’s Report # 7, 2006-04-08

2006-04-08, 2100h MST AustroMars Mission Sol 1, 5:30 Utah Time: „Mars De-Orbit Burn complete – landing sequence initiated…”.”MCC Salzburg – AustroMars Crew here, the Mars Descent/Ascent Vehicle dubbed “Fast and Furious” has landed!” This sentence was spoken out at 5:30 […]

650 spectators attending Descent 01/05 (“Sinkflug 01/05”) !

On the occasion of the landing of Huygens probe on Saturn moon Titan, the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) attracts an extraordinary number of visitors and makes this one of Europe’s biggest Huygens space events.  Dr. Pascal Gilles (ESA Cyrosat Manager), […]