Austria in Space

News

29.11.2021 "Solar Orbiters' last visit home a success : The "Solar Orbiter" spacecraft flew around the Earth for the first and last time on Saturday morning and is now back on course for the centre of our solar system. At 5.30 am (CET), the spacecraft flew past its home planet at an altitude of 460 kilometres over North Africa and the Canary Islands.
27.11.2021 Salzburg geoinformatician Thomas Blaschke is one of the world's most cited researchers : The new "Who's Who" of the world's most influential researchers includes geoinformatician Thomas Blaschke from Paris Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS).
25.11.2021 Future of the ISS: ESA chief Aschbacher sees commercial platform : According to the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), the International Space Station (ISS) will be commercialised in the future.

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Events

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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Rote Sternennebel ziehen sich durch den Schleier Nebel

Pickering's Triangle

Astronomy photography from Linz: Pickering's Triangle, impressively captured by Harald Ploch

News

27.11.2021 Salzburg geoinformatician Thomas Blaschke is one of the world's most cited researchers : The new "Who's Who" of the world's most influential researchers includes geoinformatician Thomas Blaschke from Paris Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS).

25.11.2021 Future of the ISS: ESA chief Aschbacher sees commercial platform : According to the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), the International Space Station (ISS) will be commercialised in the future.

Portraits

The Beetles conquer the forests! : An Austrian company has found a solution for seamless traceability of wood using space technology.

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.

Events

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

Pickering's Triangle

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.