Balloon "Passepartout"
"Passepartout" is our stratospheric/mesospheric balloon which is constructed and launched both as a training project and as a precursor for the Rover phase.
New height record with Passepartout Ven "Hannes Capitano Mayer": 35.228 m
Balloon SHERPA III - Airsampler I
As part of the Sparkling Science project "TriPolar" an Airsampler was developed to take samples from up to 35 km.
Balloon SHERPA I ISU
On the 13th of August the OEWF has launched a stratosphere balloon within the framework of the ISU (International Space University) in Graz, Lustbühel.
Ballon Passepartout VI RADECS
Launch of Passepartout VI from Längenfeld in the occasion of the RADECS Austria 2010 Conference.
Balloon: Passepartout V trans
Planned launch: Passepartout V trans, “Hannes Capitano Mayer” from Graz.
Last Update: 09.06.2010
Balloon "Passepartout III digi"
On the 23th of August the Austrian Space Forum in cooperation with the Austrian Amateur Radio Service ÖVSV has launched again a stratosphere balloon, Passepartout III digi. The launch area was once again the Lustbühel in Graz, Styria, Austria.
Ballon Passepartout IVb env
Next planned launch: Start of Passepartout IVenv from Linz in the occasion of the UN world environment day.
Passepartout II (IIc)
On the 5h of October 2008, the stratosphere balloon “Passepartout IIc” was launched successfully from our launch area at the Lustbühel in Graz, Styria, Austria.
Passepartout II (IIa, IIb)
Due to problems with the leashes we had on 19th of July 2008 two launch failures of Passepartout II (IIa, IIb). However the payload could be saved.
Passepartout I
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 stories on balloon "Passepartout"
Underneath you'll find more stories about our balloon "Passepartout". Read how we made our first steps, doing workshops, testing flight hardware and how we succeed taking pictures from the edge of space.
PolAres Schedule Update
Between 01 - 28. February 2013, the Austrian Space Forum will conduct an integrated Mars analog field simulation in the northern Sahara near Erfoud, Morocco. Directed by a Mission Support Center in Austria, a small field crew will conduct experiments preparing for future human Mars missions mainly in the fields of engineering, planetary surface operations, astrobiology, geophysics/geology, life sciences and other.
This field mission is supported by the Ibn-Battuta-Center at the University of Marrakesh, Morocco. The Austrian Space Forum now solicitates proposals to be reviewed by a selection panel. The deadline for submissions is 15. June 2012, the announcement of the successful experiments will be released on 15. July 2012.
Detail
The analysis of Mars analogue environments on Earth is of paramount importance for the interpretation of the data from past, present and future orbital and landed missions, as well as mission planning (both robotic and human). Sedimentary environments in particular attract strong interest because they can retain the palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental history of the planet and under the right conditions may harbour fossil or present life signatures.
Date: 25. - 27. October 2012
Location: Conference Centre of the Hotel Meridien N'Fis at Marrakech, Morocco Organization: European Space Agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, International Association of Sedimentologits, Ibn Battuta Centre, IRSPS, Universite Cadi Ayyad.
Between 01 - 28. February 2013, the Austrian Space Forum will conduct an integrated Mars analog field simulation in the northern Sahara near Erfoud, Morocco. Directed by a Mission Support Center in Austria, a small field crew will conduct experiments preparing for future human Mars missions mainly in the fields of engineering, planetary surface operations, astrobiology, geophysics/geology, life sciences and other.
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