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New Analog Astronaut Trainees apply the skills they have acquired during outdoor training
From the 18th to the 19th of July 2026 the OEWF Analog Astronaut Trainees, with the support of the Ground Operations Support Team (GOST) and a student from BG/BRG Sillgasse who volunteered to take part, demonstrated their expertise during the […]
Junior Analog Astronaut Program
written by Claudia Gollner and Nathan Pili Before the analog astronaut B-selection, we were told that part of the process would involve presenting to students about a topic of our choosing. What we didn’t know was that these students were […]
The First Mission: Becoming a Team
written by Renana Bruckstein and Arfor Houwman, Analog Astronauts class of 2026 When you are on a mission – whether in space, in an extreme environment on Earth, or even in a high-performance setting in everyday life – you have […]
From Concept to Prototype: Bringing the Caillou Instrument to Life
After defining the mission requirements and exploring several design concepts in our previous article, the next challenge was to transform those ideas into a functional prototype. A scientific instrument is only valuable if it can be operated efficiently in the […]
Austrian Space Forum Trains Six New Analog Astronauts
Two are from the UK Today, the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) presented its six new analog astronauts. For the four women and their two male colleagues, a globally unique training program, currently offered only by the Austrian Space Forum, is […]
Synthetic Raman Spectrometer for AMADEE-27
As part of the upcoming AMADEE-27 Mars analog mission in Portugal, our team is hard at work on the “Caillou” project. Our goal is to develop a functional prototype of a Synthetic Raman Spectrometer, a payload designed to be integrated […]Social Media Updates
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