Why Rio Tinto?
So what is Rio Tinto and where is it? Rio Tinto is a river in the South of Spain which is flowing through the region of Andalucia. The river discharges about 100 km from the city Huelva into the Atlantic […]
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Articles about PolAres program
Earth to Mars – Final test run of a space mission
Several people in red shirts and black trousers wander around the hallways – all occupied with some task, and in the middle of it all we have Erich Proell on his Segway: Steering with his knees, he has got his […]
MCC/RSS dry run from a Flight Director’s point of view
As the IT group was working throughout the whole weekend to get communication and telemetric infrastructure working at Rio Tinto’s MCC (Mission Control Center) at Innsbruck a first RSS (Remote Science Support) test run was conducted this Sunday. Rio Tinto […]
Medical check-up for Aouda.X suit testers
Healthy like an astronaut: the two suit testers for the OEWF spacesuit simulator and their two backups are currently undergoing their final medical checks at the Institute for Sports and Alpine medicine and Health Tourism at the Natters Hospital near […]
All grand journey begin with a first step!
Teaser Trailer for “Rio Tino 2011 Spain – Mars expedition simulation”
Passepartout Sherpa – a new stratosphere transportation system
On the 13th of August the OEWF will launch a stratosphere balloon within the framework of the ISU (International Space University) in Graz, Lustbühel. The idea is to build a reusable, reliable carrier system for high atmosphere experiments. The concept […]
[Arrived] WeTabs for Rio Tinto :-)
For our Rio Tinto expedition in April 2011 the 4tiitoo AG borrows us three WeTabs.
PolAres rover “Phileas” moves
In the past few weeks the PolAres rover got wheels with their wheels suspension. Willibald Stumptner of the Austrian Space Forum made a visit to the HTL Kapfenberg (a technical college in South-Eastern part of Austria) to see for himself […]
Announcement of Opportunity for Rio Tinto Field Test 2011
Between 15.- 25. April 2011, the Austrian Space Forum and partnering institutions will conduct a set of field tests in the Spanish Rio Tinto area. The work will focus on the Aouda.X spacesuit simulator and astrobiology experiments w.r.t. the contamination […]
Aouda.X gets a CT
You will only find out whats inside a space suit – real or simulated – if you look under its skin. This was the reason behind a cooperation between the Aouda.X development team and the University Clinic for Radiology at […]