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After defining the mission requirements and exploring several design concepts in our previous article, the next challenge was to transform those ideas into a functional prototype. A scientific instrument is only valuable if it can be operated efficiently in the […]
Two are from the UK Today, the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) presented its six new analog astronauts. For the four women and their two male colleagues, a globally unique training program, currently offered only by the Austrian Space Forum, is […]
As part of the upcoming AMADEE-27 Mars analog mission in Portugal, our team is hard at work on the “Caillou” project. Our goal is to develop a functional prototype of a Synthetic Raman Spectrometer, a payload designed to be integrated […]
Leon Deutsch from the Medical University Vienna, together with Prof. Dr. Nandu Goswami from the Medical University of Graz, teamed up with the Austrian Space Forum to study the human body locomotion under (simulated) reducted gravity at the Vertical Treadmill, […]
As we look back on 2025 we celebrate a year marked by the World’s Biggest Analog, a Vertical Treadmill in full swing, and the expansion of our educational initiatives. From connecting 16 analog habitats worldwide to training the next generation […]
Between 05-18Apr2027 (tbc), the Austrian Space Forum will conduct its next major international Marsanalog mission in the Monsaraz region in Portugal (tbc). The field mission will be carried out in a Martianterrestrial analog and directed by a dedicated Mission Support […]
Application deadline: December 7, 2025 The Austrian Space Forum is soliciting applications for the next class of Analog Astronauts (class of 2026). After a competitive selection process between December 2025 – May 2026, the analog astronauts will report for an […]
Oct 13th – 26th 2025, 1 mission, multiple habitats, collaborative research. The largest coalition of space professionals and organization are simulating for two weeks, how we will live and work in Space as a community. Day 14: 26 October 2025The […]
On October 24, 2025, the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) awarded the 2025 Polar Star Award to astrophysicist Dr. Rudolf Albrecht. The Forum honored Albrecht’s outstanding achievements in astrophysics, space technology, and his decades of work promoting international cooperation in space […]
Vienna is the central hub! On October 13, 2025 the largest Moon/Mars analog mission to date launched with 17 institutions on five continents: the “World’s Biggest Analog.” From October 13 to 26, 2025, 16 Mars/Moon habitats, under the leadership of […]
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