Building a spacesuit’s undercarriage
When I returned from my 6 months student exchange in Canada two months ago, the action was just about to begin. I had a fantastic time over there and got to experience at lot of cool stuff but the highlight […]
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Caution and Warning Final Sprint
Project update: The Aouda caution and warning system (CWS) has been outlined in a number of previous posts, and we’re happy to report that progress is still being made! Anna Nelson’s internship came to an end a number of weeks […]
Solar power for Mars exploration – a first assessment
In July we announced a new partnership with the innovative tech startup Tespack from Finland. Tespack produces outdoor-ready, wearable solar panels which are already integrated in a backpack or can be attached to your own backpack or the smaller ones […]
Young Stars: Water-Rockets in the Solar System
From the 25th to the 29th of July 2016, the 7th General Electric’s Holiday Activity Week for children took place. This year, the motto was “Young Stars”, and thus, the Austrian Space Forum also was a part of it and […]
Internship 2016: The spacesuit algorithm project
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 […]
Why is Analog Research important?
Illustrating the Vienna Statement on Analog Planetary Research In early May 2016, the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF), together with a wide range of international partners, published the Vienna Statement on Analog Planetary Research (VSAPR), a single-paged declaration which outlines the […]
Internship 2016: Psychology & Team cohesion
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 […]
Internship 2016: Kings College interns
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 […]
Internship 2016: Terrain Estimation by a Monocular Camera
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 […]
SpaceOps conference blog part 2
From speed mentoring to skype conferences – learning how to network with space enthusiasts Sophie’s highlights: After the great feedback we received for our paper on Monday I thought:” Well, it can´t get any much better.” But then, Tuesday came […]