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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 […]
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 […]
Close encounters with the Mars kind “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. – Dale Carnegie” Today, in […]
In the fourth part of our interview, we talk to Dr. Norbert Frischauf, the commander of the AustroMars mission. In April 2006, he was at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah together with other crew members who have […]
In part 3 of our AustroMars interview series, we speak to the first officer, Alexander Soucek, who spent the mission in April 2006 in Utah, as well as to Olivia Haider, who was working on homepage & communications in Salzburg […]
In the second part of our anniversary interviews, we stay on “Earth” and talk to Sebastian Sams and Willibald Stumptner about their memories of the AustroMars mission. Both experienced these weeks in April 2006 at the mission control center (MCC) […]
Innsbruck, 7-10 April 2016 None of the analog astronauts had been back to the OeWF spacesuit laboratory since the AMADEE-15 mission, last August. So this refresher training was not only a very needed update and recap on our knowledge and […]
In April of 2006, a human research mission to the red planet was simulated at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah. For two weeks, a crew of six Austrians conducted experiments in an analogue Mars mission, similar to […]
The nano satellite “Pegasus” is scheduled to finally launch by the end of 2016. It is the Austrian contribution to an EU project which aims to put 50 nano satellites into space. The Austrian Space Forum is participating in the […]
Scientists and crew members of the AMADEE-15 mission met again during the AMADEE-15 Science Workshop and Networking Meeting in Graz. During those two days (18-19Feb2016) in February we were discussing scientific results of the experiments that were run during the […]
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