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It’s summer time again, which means that the OeWF is hosting interns at the suitlab in Innsbruck. Today, we want to introduce Anna (or rather let her introduce herself), who has recently joined Ragnar and Drew to work on a […]
This week several interns started into the OeWF suitlab summer. One of them is Konstantin and we are happy to welcome him in our team :-) Name: Konstantin Chterev University: University of Surrey, United Kingdom Studying: Psychology How did you […]
Since two weeks our 2nd and 3rd intern this summer are working with us. We are happy to welcome Drew & Ragnar in our team :-) Name: Drew Masters & Ragnar Kristjánsson University: King’s College London, United Kingdom Studying: Master […]
It’s been one month here and I have learnt tons of things working. I wouldn’t say everything is going according to the schedule, but I believe research projects are like this, we hope that something will work and go further […]
Summer did not arrive in Innsbruck yet, but our OeWF Spacesuit laboratory transformed into summer busyness already. Since several years summer time is also internship time at the Austrian Space Forum and we are happy to welcome our first intern […]
OeWF on tour: Water rocket workshop in Chechnya Two weeks ago, the OeWF’s inspiration zone reached out to as far as the South-West of Russia! Sophie Gruber, a member of the Forum, gave a telelecture from the suitlab in Innsbruck. […]
Media-Logbook 03: The calm after the storm It’s day 1 after AMADEE-15. Silence is filling the Mission Support Center (MSC). Ghostly silence. After listening to the mumbling and stepping of some 50 people for two weeks, today’s sole sound is […]
My first two days of AMADEE-15 were spent at 3.000m above sea level at the Kaunertal glacier. Read about this experience in my last blog post. Besides the regular tasks, I was able to watch the mission at first hand, […]
Media-Logbook 01: A rollercoaster of emotions August 1st marked the start of the AMADEE-15 mission by the Austrian Space Forum (ÖWF). AMADEE-15 is a Mars simulation where specially trained analog astronauts carry out scientific experiments in a Mars-like environment, the […]
Ever wondered how it would feel like to drive a remote controlled rover on the surface of Mars? Sound like fantasy? Well, not really. We are now on the brink of a technological revolution where planetary exploration, deep space travel […]
