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About my internship at the OeWF
My name is Sophie Berger, and I am an Austrian student in aviation engineering. As a part of the studies, I have done a four-month internship from April to July and my bachelor thesis at the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) […]
A student Engineer in a Space-related Internship, Surrounded by the Mountains:
Hello to every space passionate, my name is Nathanaël, and I am a French engineeringstudent. I’ve always wanted to work in the Aerospace field, so this internship in the OeWFthat I started in May is a dream experience. I get […]
AMADEE-20 preliminary science results
The AMADEE-20 Science Workshop took place from 01. – 03. April 2022 in Vienna. During this workshop scientists and researchers from various institutions presented their preliminary findings of their experiment, which was conducted during our last Mars analog simulation in […]
Next Mars Analog Mission might take place in Egypt
OeWF Representatives meet with Egyptian Space Agency At the invitation of the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA), a few days ago representatives of the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) met the CEO of the Egyptian Space Agency, Prof. Dr. Mohamed El-Koosy, high-ranking […]
Shaping the future of space debris with talented students from the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria “FH Upper Austria, Campus Steyr”
Just when world politics is discussing corona pandemics, climate change and clean energy, young students from “FH Upper Austria, Campus Steyr”, made a leap forward and designed their first satellites with the mission to retrieve space debris from the orbit […]
Nanosatellite ADLER-1 successfully launched
Detection of Space debris in Low Earth Orbit about to beginkann beginnen Today, Virgin Orbit launched the first privately funded Austrian satellite into orbit. ADLER-1 will use two devices to detect (micro) space debris that can be dangerous for satellites […]
The OeWF logo is better known than we sometimes realize
Occasionally we experience interesting things, related to our equipment. This was also the case for colleagues from the DEAR team on their way back from a space exhibition at an airport. The exhibits were packed in a card box. The […]
The best pictures & video of the year 2021
On the last day of the year, we traditionally look back and review the year in pictures. Who would have thought that also this year the COVID-19 pandemic would still put many obstacles in the way. Nevertheless, we were able […]
Back to Mars – From distant worlds to the red neighbour
Our immediate neighbour planet – actually, that’s a bit close for my taste. At the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, I usually study worlds that are much further away: Extrasolar planets, i.e., those around stars other than the […]