Austria in Space

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05.10.2021 Minister Gewessler presents new Austrian space strategy : On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Austria's only manned space mission "AustroMir", the Technical Museum Vienna in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG invited to a festive event on October 1, 2021. During the event, the new space strategy was presented.
04.10.2021 Mars simulation: Analog mission "AMADEE-20" starts today : Technologies for future space missions will be tested starting today (Oct. 4) during the Mars simulation "AMADEE-20" in the Negev Desert. The Analog mission of the Austrian Space Forum (ÖWF) will start with a one-week preparation phase before six Analog astronauts will conduct experiments for three weeks in a Mars-like environment, partially isolated from the environment, and test equipment and workflows for future Mars exploration on October 11.
04.10.2021 Mercury spacecraft BepiColombo sends first images of Mercury : Nearly three years after its launch, the European-Japanese space probe BepiColombo has captured its first images of the planet Mercury. As the European Space Agency ESA announced on Saturday, the probe transmitted black-and-white images to Earth after its first flyby of Mercury, showing the planet's northern hemisphere. With its large craters, Mercury's surface is reminiscent of the moon.

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Events

19. October 2021
Urania Dachsaal, Uraniastraße 1, 1010 Vienna, AT

An inspiring panel about business opportunities found in orbit, how startups can dive into the world of space technology and what it needs for Europe to become a leading player in this field.

07. - 09. December 2021
online event, Vienna, AT

Climate change has serious impacts on the world’s population and the environment. Space based technologies provide added value to the way our planet is perceived and provide unique information that assists in the understanding and management of climate change.

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BepiColombo skims past Venus

The joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission took this look at Venus on August 10, 2021, when the spacecraft completed its second Venus flyby. The mission also involves numerous space technologies made in Austria.

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Perigee – Humanitarian aid meets artificial intelligence : How an Austrian start-up is using IT, data science and earth observation to create new sources of income for humanitarian aid.

Data Patchwork, Geodata Cubes and the "Starbucks Effect : How the Graz-based startup ubicube is generating demographic and economic data using space technology to fill data gaps.

All eyes on Space-Start-Ups: Aeroficial Intelligence : Aeroficial Intelligence GmbH is an innovative tech company building intelligent optimisation solutions for the air traffic, airport and airline industry.

Events

AustrianStartups Stammtisch #98: All about SpaceTech!

United Nations/Austria World Space Forum 'Space 4 Climate Action'

BepiColombo skims past Venus

Space History

Happy Birthday, Pegasus! : The Earth observation satellite PEGASUS will celebrate its 4th birthday this June 2021.

Milestones in Austrias Space History : The appointment of Dr. Josef Aschbacher as General Director of the European Space Agency is truly a milestone in Austrian space history. But it's not the only one!

A look back to Austromir on the International Day of Human Spaceflight : The 12th of April, the date the first human Yuri Gagarin went into space is celebrated as International Day of Human Spaceflight.

10 years CryoSat: Why it's so important to measure ice : On this day 10 years ago, Europe's first ever mission to measure polar sea ice thickness launched.