OEWF invites to the first MarsTweetup in Austria
We’re inviting 20 Twitter followers to the Dachstein Mars simulation on 28th April 2012!
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Mars Analogue -Scouting in Northafrica
In the northeast of Morocca, one can find landscapes which are very reminiscent of Mars – both in terms of looks and geology. Reason enough for the Austrian Space Forum to have a close look in preparation of the 2013 […]
The best pictures of 2011: a review of the OEWF year
The last day of the year is always a day for a retrospective. 2011 was an exciting and intensive year for us. The pictures underneath are randomly chosen and provide a fragmentary, subjective but a colorful and vital view of […]
Austrian Space Forum and Techcos are playing it safe
In December 2011, the German counselling firm Techcos (specialised for security analysis) and the Austrian Space Forum have started an unusual project: within the framework of the research project PolAres, the spacesuit Aouda.X gets tested and analysed for risk and […]
Dachstein Mars Simulation 2012
Between 27Apr – 01May2012, a five day Mars analogue field test will take place at the Mammoth cave and the Giant Ice cave at the Dachstein region in southern Upper Austria coordinated by the Austrian Space Forum. During this test, […]
COMMENTS TO THE DRAFT OF THE AUSTRIAN STRATEGIC PAPER – 2020: SPACE – FUTURE
from Aaron Lentsch, Orbspace
“Oscar Echo Zulu Charlie Charlie you are cleared to climb to 12000 feet”
The voice in the aviation radio belonged to the air traffic controller on the control tower of the airport in Graz. OE-ZCC was the registration of our hot air balloon, 12,000 feet was the altitude we wanted to reach. At […]
First European #spacetweetup in Cologne
On 18th September 2011 the DLR (Deutsches Luft- & Raumfahrtzentrum, the german space agency) and the European Space Agency held the first European #Spacetweetup, which will be informally also known as #awesome #spacetweetup. 60 people from 13 countries were selected […]
Passepartout – take off as seen from MCC (part 5)
Read more about the launch on 13th Aug 2011 incl. exclusive video material from 33 km height :-)
Young tyrolean space talents (incl. video!)
The OEWF and the university of Innsbruck inspire with Unicamp 2011 and “young university on tour”