DESTINATION MARS: Bringing the mysteries and wonders of Mars to the general public
The Austrian Space Forum is contributing to this Spanish space exhibit!
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SOMOST – a project with the forum’s participation
The title “SoMoSt” comes from “Sonne Mond und Sterne” – German for “Sun, Moon and Stars”. This project is a full year program to engage nursery teachers in teaching natural sciences at kindergarden and day care centres. Together with the […]
8. PolAres Suit Workshop (24.-26. July 2011)
From the 24th to the 26th of June Space Air could be smelled in the centre of the Salzkammergut, or more precisely in the empirial Spa of Bad Ischl. 14 members of the space forum have choosen this place (which […]
OEWF wins Europlanets Outreach prize!
The 2011 Europlanet prize for excellence in public engagement with planetary science has been awarded to the Austrian Space Forum. :-)
RIO TINTO EXPEDITION – Day 5: Log of a mud-wrestling
Originally, Tuesday, 19th April was planned as “Agency Day”, so external people have the opportunity to take part in the activities on site and getting different experiments done. But the weather threw a spanner in our plans. 08:20 – The […]
Japan: Satellites working during catastrophies
Natural catastrophies remind humans that they are still only second to nature on this planet. Sometimes we are not even second: When forces break open and move the ground, like it happened on the 11th of March at 5:46 (UTC) […]
Yuris Night 2011 & Polarstern prize award ceremony
This year’s Yuris Night will be a special one. 50 years ago, on the 12th of April the young Yuri Gagarin went into space. He was the first human who circled once around the Earth and made history! This should […]
The Austrian Space Forum visits the Astronaut Centre in Cologne
ESA’s European Astronaut Center (EAC) was the goal of a visit by a PolAres delegation. It is the central piece of manned european space travel: since the early nineties, both astronauts training takes place here as well as operational care […]
Shenzhou-7 launch
Shenzhou is the name of the spaceship of the Chinese manned space program. Translated it means divine vessel. After initial tests (Shenzhou 1-4) Col. Yang Liwei was the first Chinese to be in space, which was aboard Shenzhou-5 in 2003. […]
China Great Wall Industries talks with Austrian Space Forum
On Monday – May 26th, 2008 – Austrian Space Forum took a further step onward to establish international cooperation. During the visit of Europe of an eight-persons-delegation from China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) Austrian Space Forum seized the chance […]