50 years after the first moon landing: Interview with former astronaut Thomas Reiter

23. April 2019 50 years after the first moon landing: Interview with former astronaut Thomas Reiter[...] on the Moon July 20, 1969, Thomas Reiter was 11 years old and watched the event glued to the television screen[...] at the European Space Agency (ESA). Today, Thomas Reiter is a consultant to...

LuxSpace and ORBCOMM awarded with multi-year contract by European Maritime Safety Agency

service partner,” said Thomas Görlach, Managing Director of LuxSpace. “This achievement is an important[...] www.orbcomm.com.   Contact: LuxSpace Sarl Dr. Thomas Görlach Managing Director Phone: +352 267890 4000 Fax

The coronavirus crisis will render the world more digital

© OHB Space Encounter 23. March 2020 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space[...] reliably and continue to do it with high quality, even though they see the terrible pictures of the bodies[...] or too hesitantly enforced. Overall, however, I have the impression that those...

The crisis makes the need for space technology more obvious

© OHB Space Encounter 09. April 2020 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space[...] of their employees that depend on it. I confess that these thoughts also concern me. For this reason, I would like[...] exceptions we can continue to work. Even though we are not a just-in-time...

Space Encounter: Science must foster its role as the fountain of truth

© OHB Space Encounter 26. February 2019 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space[...] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in his “Maxims and Reflections”. “For it reveals the difference between those[...] who separate the individual elements and represent them separately and those who have...

"It will make a significant difference for Germany as a business location whether we have a launch site or not"

protection. First everything has to be checked, then all those involved have to give their assessment[...] more: Who would have thought that a lot of what was shown in films back then would be realised today? What[...] those who have these visions and offer them space can make the transfer from...

"Spaceflight in Europe has always been different from spaceflight in America"

Space X? We all wanted our first flight to be successful. So it's not like we thought back[...] then: OK, so a few launches didn't work, so what. Let's try again from the beginning. We all thought[...] from going into orbit or flying to the stars. Bezos himself flying along was pretty brave, thou...

How MT Mechatronics is using radio telescopes to help answer the major questions of interest to humanity

landing, the former ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter explains in an interview how the time in space changed[...] , the Effelsberg Radio Telescope attracts many thousands of visitors every year. Lutz Stenvers, managing director[...] and the growing arrays with hundreds and soon even thousands of mobile...

Space Encounter: Why we need more funding for space missions

© OHB Space Encounter 09. August 2018 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space Why[...] with researchers and scientists to develop those technologies and capabilities that offer the greatest possible

MT Mechatronics and Max Planck Institute to collaborate on the large-scale radio telescope project SKA

will be made up of thousands of antennas that are all connected to supercomputers via long-distance networks[...] telescope currently known to mankind, and it will be able to scan outer space tens of thousands of times