Discovering research - creating fascination. Regulary News of the Austrian Space Forum (OEWF) http://www.oewf.org/cms/english.phtml Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 enhanced http://www.oewf.org/cms/img/oewf/logo_print.gif http://www.oewf.org/cms/english.phtml Logo of the Austrian Space Forum ÖWF http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?polares-aouda-spacesuit-simulator-glacier-test Friday 30th July 07:00 p.m. The team for the field test weekend has arrived in the Aouda spacesuit lab for the pre-briefing. A lot of boxes and equipment must be stored and the flight plan for the weekend is explained. New team members are introduced and final questions are answered because at the same evening the whole team transfers to the village "Feichten" which is the last village before the Kaunertal glacier. Sun, 08 Aug 2010 17:36:49 +0100 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?polares-aouda-spacesuit-simulator-glacier-test http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?phileas-a-mars-rovers-first-steps We can smell sweat and hot metal when we enter the workshop. The sound strengthens the impression we get from the smell: Obviously, somebody works pretty hard in here! Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:32:19 +0100 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?phileas-a-mars-rovers-first-steps http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?aoudax-field-test-innsbruck Day 1: Preparations for experiments with sand and ice The sun is sneaking through some clouds, workshop team members are eating their breakfast while project leader Gernot Groemer is opening the morning briefing. All activities for the day are discussed and the team members are starting with their assigned tasks. Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:23:08 +0100 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?aoudax-field-test-innsbruck http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?preparations-for-the-aouda-phileas-labtest From the 21st to the 24th of May the next field test for the spacesuit simulator Aouda.X will take place. This time a piece of Phileas Rover hardware will most likely be a part of the test, for the first time! "The goal is the full integration of the electronic-hardware with the option, to test the air-condition and thermal element directly from the mission control centre." explains Dipl. Phys. Klaus Bickert from the team. "Our preparations will also enable the usage of the consisting power distribution, which means that even with bigger problems on this side, everything can be operated mechanically." Tue, 18 May 2010 17:39:35 +0100 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?preparations-for-the-aouda-phileas-labtest http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?start-of-passepartout-iii-digi-1 Stratospheric balloons like good weather – especially when they are programmed to film their journey and work as radio contact. But the weather forecast for the planned launch day of Passepartout III was bad. Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:48:40 +0100 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?start-of-passepartout-iii-digi-1 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?Space-Adventure-in-the-Planetarium-of-Vienna-Report-from-the-World-Space-Week-2009 During the UN World Space Week the Austrian Space Forum was charged with the the organisation of a "Space Adventure" in the Planetarium of Vienna by the Office for Space Affairs of the United nations. About 300 visitors experienced on the 4th of October space travel in a wide mix of talks, hands on experiences and a real Astronaut. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:43:58 +0100 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?Space-Adventure-in-the-Planetarium-of-Vienna-Report-from-the-World-Space-Week-2009 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?Dusty-or-motivated-What-did-the-OEWF-in-2009 2009, being the eleventh year since the foundation of the Austrian Space Forum, primarily saw great advances in the PolAres programme amongst many other projects and incentives. Lectures in schools, at exhibitions or educational programmes for children have reached an unrivalled high. Aside from these successful public events and the research and development of the ASF, a subtle change in the internal structures of the forum was undertaken, with the goal to make the ASF a more effective organization. This change was the consolidation of the service-units like the newsgroup in order to facilitate publications and the day-to-day business involving the creation of the ever growing newsletter. This also involved the effective incorporation of social media tools for the first time. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:13:22 +0100 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?Dusty-or-motivated-What-did-the-OEWF-in-2009 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?Test-of-AoudaX-at-110C The prototype for a Mars Spacesuit Aouda.X was tested at -110°C on the 21st of September in a cryo-therapy chamber in Seefeld (Tyrol). Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:55:52 +0100 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?Test-of-AoudaX-at-110C http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?polarstern-award-2009-goes-to-michael-koeberl "People, who fascinate for space" are potential candidates for this award, which will was awarded for the first time. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:51:11 +0100 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?polarstern-award-2009-goes-to-michael-koeberl http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?Eifel-Planetary-Exploration-Field-2009-with-European-Space-Agency "Declaring Ground Safe"Ein karges Gebiet mit Tephra It's a barren field with volcanic tephra, a reddish powdery dust covers the soil and a steep wall rises just in front of the site: This is not Mars, nor the Moon, but it might turn out to be one of the places where scientists and engineers of the European Space Agency and teams from AOES, TNO, French Air Force and the Austrian Space Forum place one of the many steps towards other planets. The Wingertsbergwand in Western Germany is the place to be for a series of field tests doing robotic as well as human exploration. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:57:37 +0100 http://www.oewf.org/cms/index.php?Eifel-Planetary-Exploration-Field-2009-with-European-Space-Agency