How to make an analog astronaut feel how it is to bend an arm in space?!
Benjamin Knaus gives us some insights about his work on the Aouda exoskeleton this summer at the spacesuit lab.
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Call for Analog Astronauts for simulated Mars Missions
Analog Astronauts Selection and Training for the Class of 2015 The Austrian Space Forum is seeking volunteers to apply for the training opportunity for analog astronauts. Analog astronauts participate in simulated Mars – Missions which are conducted on the ground […]
Wearing the Aouda.X is Hard Work!
For a normal person, running a marathon might be considered to be extremely exhausting. However, for our analog astronauts wearing the Aouda.X space suit, just tying shoes can be exhausting work! My research project, as part of my Master’s degree […]
Submit for AMADEE-15!
Austrian Space Forum releases Announcement of Opportunity for a Mars Analog Mission in 2015. Submission Deadline: 06Oct2014
Meet the interns: Veronika & Michael
Last week Michael started his one-month internship and this week Veronika joined us for a three-month FemTech internships. Name: Michael Müller School: Bundesrealgymnasium Lienz Hobbies: Astronomy, Reading, Hiking How did you get involved with the OeWF? Two years ago Gernot […]
First 2-day Spacesuit Design Course held in Innsbruck
Taylor Moyer summarizes both course days, held on 16/17th June 2014
Fresh from the press – the MARS2013 special edition of “Astrobiology”
The science journal Astrobiology just published a special edition of MARS2013 simulation.
OeWF Aouda.X presentation at ESA EAC
Last week a delegation of members of the Austrian Space Forum travelled to Cologne for an Aouda.X spacesuit-simulator presentation at ESA’s European Astronauts Centre (EAC). We arrived on Tuesday evening following a dinner with “Doctor Moon” Prof. Dr. Walter Kühnegger […]
BBC FOCUS magazine featuring our Mars Analog Research
Aouda.X and MARS2013 featured on 4 pages in Februar 2014 edition.
The best pictures of the OeWF year 2013
On the last day of 2013 the Austrian Space Forum takes a look back to review the past working year. 2013 was an exciting, intense year with two major missions (MARS2013 simulation in the Nothern Sahara in Morocco and the […]