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. more…ÖWF Polarstern Award 2009 goes to Michael Köberl
"People, who fascinate for space" are potential candidates for this award, which will was awarded for the first time.
more…YURI'S NIGHT 2009 & Polarstern Award Ceremony
1961, on the 12th of April, the first human - Juri Gagarin - orbited the Earth. This event is celebrated every year in a world-wide event. The Schikaneder cinema shows two exclusive movies, experts will present a show discussing the influences on society, politics or law which arose from this first flight and for the first time the Austrian Space Forum Polarstern Award will be awarded.
more…Start of Passepartout III digi
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.
more…Dr. Rudolf Albrecht is new board member of the Austrian Space Forum
During the board workshop on February, 14./15., Dr. Rudolf Albrecht was coopted as a new board member of the Austrian Space Forum. Born in 1946 in Vienna, he became a professional astronomer ...
more…Austrian Space Forum goes Facebook
Facebook is one of the biggest social networks in the world. Lots of space mission & organisations have fan pages or group in this community. Join our brand new Austrian Forum Fan Page and connect with other Austrian Space Forum Fans in Facebook.
10 years of the Austrian Space Forum
The time before Christmas turns Vienna into a sea of light. Right in the middle of it, the two time-honoured buildings of the museum of art and the museum of natural history. The latter of the two was the location of the familiar celebration for the 10th Birthday of the Austrian Space Forum.
more…ASF and SGAC co-organise a World Space Week event at the United Nations in Vienna
On Thursday 9th October the Austrian Space Forum (ASF) organized together with the help of SGAC a World Space Week event at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria.
more…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. After Shenzhou-6, which was the first flight with two taikonauts, Shenzhou-7 will be the third manned Chinese mission.
more…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.
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