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14. February 2010

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.

more… Interface Documentation Passepartout Landing Radar System

The Austrian Space Forums‘ Innsbruck Office is offering an internship position in February 2010 to prepare for the implementation of a Landing Radar System in the framework of the PolAres Passepartout Balloon. The job encompasses the coordination with external partners in the Netherlands, also w.r.t. a potential application for the Google Lunar X Prize.

more… 4. October 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.

more… 23. August 2009

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.

Preparation work was started by the balloon team on the Friday before the launch date. They built antennas on the roof of the observatory on the Lustbühel, Graz and combined the parachute with a radar reflector. Also the electronics were already checked, the cars for the pick up of Passepartout were ready and even the Helium bottles waited for the launch of „Passepartout III digi“. As the forecast for Saturday predicted thunderstorms and strong winds, the Harald Fauland decided to move the launch to Sunday, 23rd of August.

more… During July, 1st to July, 3rd Austrian Space Forum tested a prototype model of spacesuit AOUDA in Kramsach/Tyrol for the first time.

The suit - weighing 45 kg - simulates all constraints of a real spacesuit and uses a high tech human to machine interface which is able to adopt some tasks normally covered by a mission control center. Three years from now the prototype will be used during a simulated mars expedition in the arctic.

more… 29. May 2009

As of 29th of July 2009, 17:02, the Aouda On-Board Data Handling System is alive: in a first OBDH integration session Klaus Bickert, the team leader of the Aouda OBDH group (assisted by Sebastian Sams (Aouda OBDH), Christoph Lindner (HTL Anichstrasse) and Aouda project manager Gernot Groemer) was able to obtain the first sign-of-life from the central processor, a Toradex Robin Z510 based on Intel Atom Z510 1.1GHz.

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"People, who fascinate for space" are potential candidates for this award, which will was awarded for the first time.

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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… 14. February 2009

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 ...

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