Austria in Space

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05.07.2022 Event documentation: Ensuring the Sustainability of Outer Space - The Role of Space Law and Policy : The NPOC Space Law Austria, together with the BMK, invited a number of renowned experts to share their experience on how to ensure the sustainability of outer space by means of law and policy. The documentation and slides from the event are now online.
04.07.2022 Results of the first NPOC Space Law Essay Competition : In the academic year 2021/22, the NPOC (National Point of Contact) Space Law Austria launched its first Essay Competition on current issues in space law. Applicants were invited to submit a 5,000 words essay on one of three topics, which had also been the subject of the Young Lawyers Symposium of the ECSL (European Centre for Space Law).
24.06.2022 HERA Mission: Asteroid Defence with know-how "Made in Austria" : DI Gerhard Paar of DIGITAL held a presentation on June the 6th to delegates of the UNOOSA (United United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs) on JOANNEUM RESEARCH's contribution to the HERA mission, which is researching the effects of the impact of a probe on an asteroid.

Who is Who

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Events

13. - 15. September 2022
online, AT

Do you work with space applications for climate action or making space engineering practices more sustainable? Do you want to share innovations that help reduce the climate impact of space activities? The 2022 UN/Austria Symposium will showcase the most recent initiatives, experiences and best practices in adapting to and mitigating climage change and supporting sustainability on Earth.

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Ein Messestand, der über Erdbeobachtung und Weltraumaktivitäten in Österreich informiert. Davor stehen interessierte Besucher:innen, die aufmerksam die ausgestellten Plakate studieren.

Austria in Space at #LNF22

Austria in Space participated at the "Lange Nacht der Forschung" (Long Night of Research) this year.

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Who is Who

All eyes on Space-Start-Ups: Team Tumbleweed : Team Tumbleweed has a clear vision: Deep Space for Everyone. With their “Tumbleweed” Mars Rover, they aim to bring a new approach to Mars exploration. But what exactly does that look like?

Women in Space: Prof. Dr. Christiane Helling : Since October 2011, Graz has been enriched by a great physicist, space researcher and professor.

R-Space - Success in space with the GreenBox service : Austrian Start-Up R-Space provides the opportunity to conduct IODs in a very quick and simple fashion.

Events

UN/AUSTRIA SYMPOSIUM 2022 Space for climate action: experiences and best practices in mitigating and adapting to climate change and supporting sustainability on Earth

Austria in Space at #LNF22

Space-Wiki

What exactly is a CubeSat? : More and more satellites are being launched, mostly CubeSats. But what do they look like and what makes them so special?

What is Spacetech? : Upstream, downstream, satellite data - the space sector is so much more than astronaut:ing in space. But what is it all exactly?

How the Austromir experiments still benefit us today : The scientific experiments carried out by Franz Viehböck during the first space flight by an Austrian in 1991 as part of the "Austromir" mission on the Russian Mir space station still have benefits today.

About austrian satellite PEGASUS : The Earth observation satellite PEGASUS celebrates its 4th birthday in June 2021.

How Franz Viehböck became the Austromir Cosmonaut : The 12th of April, the date the first human Yuri Gagarin went into space is celebrated as International Day of Human Spaceflight.