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Overview

PolAres is an interdisciplinary programme of the Austrian Space Forum in cooperation with international partners to develop strategies for human-robotic interaction procedures and to emphasise planetary protection, in preparation for a future human-robotic Mars surface expedition. more…

Scout

The first component of the programme prepares a geographical assessment of plausible regions for analogue science in Europe and the neighbouring Arctic (Greenland, Iceland and Siberia). A special task force shall pursue location scouting with the help of Earth observation imagery and in-situ data as well as other relevant information. more…

Balloon “Passepartout”

On the 4th of October 2007, exactly 50 years after the launch of Sputnik1, the first ÖWF/PolAres flight hardware, the balloon Passepartout was launched. With this event the Austrian Space Forum was celebrating the first 50 years of space travel. more…

Rover “Phileas”

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The PolAres Rover „Phileas“shall: more…

Suit

One major component of the programme is the development of an analogue planetary surface excursion suit. Although there have been various recent design implementations (including advanced concepts such as soft skin suits, hard upper torso approaches and others), no design has been driven by planetary protection issues. more…