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Exactly one year after the first presentation of the TiuTerra crystals ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti sends us a photo of the weightless crystal on board of the International Space Station (ISS). The photo was taken inside the “Cupola” – a […]
In cooperation with the World Space Week Association and Swarovski, the Austrian Space Forum initiated the Tiuterra project: Rock samples from all over the world were colected including specimen from Antarctica and the bottom of the sea floor during a […]
Two Worlds. One Crystal. During the World Space Week 2013 we invited the public around the world to send us their rock samples. In Austria we cominbed all samples incl. a sample from Antartica and the deep see together with […]
Ever since 2001, the 12th of April sees worldwide celebrations to honor the first manned space flight of Yuri Gagarin. This year, already 70 events in more than 20 countries are registered. Two of those will take place in Austria: […]
On the last day of 2013 the Austrian Space Forum takes a look back to review the past working year. 2013 was an exciting, intense year with two major missions (MARS2013 simulation in the Nothern Sahara in Morocco and the […]
One of the key elements of equipment for a future human expedition to Mars will be a spacesuit that allows astronauts to roam the Martian surface. As part of WSW 2013 activities coordinated the OeWF’s from Mission Control Centre in […]
8 Oct 2013 Acting MDRS CDR Report – Haritina Mogosanu Another very early start for the crew at MDRS in preparation for the Planet-wide World Space Week Walk. The main event of the day, the World Space Week walk was […]
WORLD SPACE WEEK 2013 PRESS RELEASE 10 OCTOBER 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THREE MARS ANALOGUE SPACESUIT TEAMS PERFORM SIMULTANEOUS EXPERIMENTS FOR WORLD SPACE WALK 2013 One of the key elements of equipment for a future human expedition to Mars will […]
Luca Foresta, our Aouda.X analog astronaut suit tester, has been out to the banks of the Sill river in Innsbruck to collect a rock for the ‘Earth Master Sample’ project. First, Luca took a wide shot to show the general […]
