Austria in Space

News

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  27.03.2024 Results of the NPOC Space Law Essay Competition 2023/24 : The NPOC (National Point of Contact) Space Law Austria Essay Competition took place for the third time in the 2023/24 academic year. Once again this year, participants were able to write a 3,800-word essay on one of three exciting and current topics in space law. Nora Högelsberger (University of Vienna) won first prize with her essay on the Artemis Accords.

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  02.02.2024 Review of the UN/Austria World Space Forum 2023 : The World Space Forum 2023 promoted dialogue on space solutions crucial for our common future, offering practical recommendations. These insights served as input for the 2024 UN Summit of the Future and the Pact of the Future adopted by Member States. Presentations and videos are now accessible.

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  16.01.2024 ESA Teach with Space teacher training opportunities : The ESA initiative "Teach with Space" provides a wealth of diverse teaching activities and resources that utilize space-related topics to support the teaching and learning of STEM disciplines in the classroom, at primary and secondary levels.

Who is Who

People, companies, organisations, missions, success stories - All you need to know about Austria's space sector.

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  Space-Lock - Mechatronic components for on-board spacecraft use : A start-up from Graz has the mission to provide the world’s most affordable space mechatronic components.

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  Face to Face with Christian Hoffmann/GeoVille : In 1998, GeoVille was just a small business in Innsbruck. By now, Christian Hoffmanns company is one of the biggest players in land monitoring and Earth observation in Europe.

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  In conversation with: Dr. Stephan Mayer, Head of the ESA PB SSA : Dr. Stephan Mayer has chaired the ESA Programme Board Space Situational Awareness since September 2020. In this exclusive podcast, the Austrian talks about his tasks, Austria's role in the programme, and how ESA ensures that we are safe.

Space-Wiki

Knowledge about space.

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  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?

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  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?

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  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.

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

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  In memory of the Sentinel-6 namesake: Who was Michael Freilich? : Many people cheered live when the Sentinel-6 mission started on November 21, 2020. But Austrian space fans often asked: Why is the satellite actually called Michael Freilich? Exactly the right time to introduce the person behind the name.

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  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.