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Forest Fires and Climate Change – Satellite Remote Sensing
Preventive earth observation for the climate change Nowadays, topics concerning the global climate and its necessary protection receive more and more attention in the international media. Especially in recent weeks, months and years, the importance of prevention has become clear, […]
Remote Science Support – one of our largest teams
Seda Oezdemir, Christine Czakler and Stefanie Garnitschnig plus an international team of 42 members (1 liaison and 1 co-liaison for each AMADEE-20 experiment) – they are our Remote Science Support team. It is a large and very diverse team consisting […]
AMADEE-20 International Tele-Sim session, hosted by Cornell
Members from UK, France, Israel, Austria, USA (NYC), Sweden participated in an online tele-sim session. The training was hosted Weill Cornell Simulation Center, NYC. The session began with a series of lectures and “table top” exercises to update the Israeli […]
Our Analog Astronaut Support (AAS) – an introduction.
The members of the AAS team support our analog astronauts in many areas such as: training, equipment, preparations, interview and media requests, event requests, schedule coordination and logistical tasks. What does your team do? Claudia: Our Analog Astronaut Support Team […]
BACK TO WORK: A post-pandemic internship
After months of online studying, being back to actual office work is relieving! My name is Mathias, I am a 20-year-old French student, currently working as a R&D Intern for the ÖWF this summer. I study at ESTACA Paris-Saclay, and […]
IGLUNA 2021 Field Campaign in Lucerne and online
Attend the IGLUNA Field Campaign, which marks the end of a year’s work by more than 220 students from all over the world on the topic “A space habitat with remote operations”! Over the past academic year, 12 student teams […]
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Who captures the most fascinating moments for us? Our photographer Florian Voggeneder, who actively participates in our missions, has a special eye for the right moment. The tireless commitment of our photographers puts us in the pleasant position of being […]
Master’s thesis 2021 – Tools for geotechnical investigation on Mars
My name is Michel Jakić and I’m an exchange student at TU Graz. I was born in Požega in 1997. I moved to Rijeka to pursue my studies. At the Civil Engineering University, I finished my bachelor’s thesis, and enrolled […]
“Science On Board”: Space Research Begins Underwater
The Hydronaut project is an underwater habitat that started operations last year and is currently the scene for analog space research. Dr. Miroslav Rozloznik, Flight Planner of the Austrian Space Forum, has just surfaced from an underwater analog space mission […]