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Japan: Satellites working during catastrophies

Japan: Satellites working during catastrophies

Natural catastrophies remind humans that they are still only second to nature on this planet. Sometimes we are not even second: When forces break open and move the ground, like it happened on the 11th of March at 5:46 (UTC) […]
Yuris Night 2011 & Polarstern prize award ceremony

Yuris Night 2011 & Polarstern prize award ceremony

This year’s Yuris Night will be a special one. 50 years ago, on the 12th of April the young Yuri Gagarin went into space. He was the first human who circled once around the Earth and made history! This should […]
Medical check-up for Aouda.X suit testers

Medical check-up for Aouda.X suit testers

Healthy like an astronaut: the two suit testers for the OEWF spacesuit simulator and their two backups are currently undergoing their final medical checks at the Institute for Sports and Alpine medicine and Health Tourism at the Natters Hospital near […]
All grand journey begin with a first step!

All grand journey begin with a first step!

Teaser Trailer for “Rio Tino 2011 Spain – Mars expedition simulation”  
Passepartout Sherpa – a new stratosphere transportation system

Passepartout Sherpa – a new stratosphere transportation system

On the 13th of August the OEWF will launch a stratosphere balloon within the framework of the ISU (International Space University) in Graz, Lustbühel. The idea is to build a reusable, reliable carrier system for high atmosphere experiments. The concept […]
[Arrived] WeTabs for Rio Tinto :-)

[Arrived] WeTabs for Rio Tinto :-)

For our Rio Tinto expedition in April 2011 the 4tiitoo AG borrows us three WeTabs.
PolAres rover “Phileas” moves

PolAres rover “Phileas” moves

In the past few weeks the PolAres rover got wheels with their wheels suspension. Willibald Stumptner of the Austrian Space Forum made a visit to the HTL Kapfenberg (a technical college in South-Eastern part of Austria) to see for himself […]
Announcement of Opportunity for Rio Tinto Field Test 2011

Announcement of Opportunity for Rio Tinto Field Test 2011

Between 15.- 25. April 2011, the Austrian Space Forum and partnering institutions will conduct a set of field tests in the Spanish Rio Tinto area.  The work will focus on the Aouda.X spacesuit simulator and astrobiology experiments w.r.t. the contamination […]
Aouda.X gets a CT

Aouda.X gets a CT

You will only find out whats inside a space suit – real or simulated – if you look under its skin. This was the reason behind a cooperation between the Aouda.X development team and the University Clinic for Radiology at […]
The Austrian Space Forum visits the Astronaut Centre in Cologne

The Austrian Space Forum visits the Astronaut Centre in Cologne

ESA’s European Astronaut Center (EAC) was the goal of a visit by a PolAres delegation. It is the central piece of manned european space travel: since the early nineties, both astronauts training takes place here as well as operational care […]

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