Space company OHB has won a €280 million contract to develop two new ESA Earth Explorer science and research satellites

Explorer science and research satellites Harmony mission will yield a wealth of new scientific[...] of by delivering valuable data that will benefit Earth system science and climate research. We are thrilled[...] information about ocean–atmosphere coupling, ice dynamics and land deformation for s...

Destination Venus Part 7: How OHB intends to bring scientific instruments into the atmosphere of Venus

still produces possible life on Venus, it is high time to send a scientific mission there. To find out[...] 20. October 2021 "It's going to be an exciting time for planetary science." Astrophysicist[...] life. The discovery of the phosphorus-hydrogen compound phosphine in the atmosphere of...

A mission to Venus will help us to better understand the Earth

, some scientists suspect that life might exist on Venus. However, most of them are not focusing[...] conditions. As recently as in September 2019, Michael Way of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Science presented a study[...] of the environment. Researchers at the Russian Academy of Sciences...

Destination Venus part 2: Why a mission to venus can spark the development of new technologies

"It's going to be an exciting time for planetary science." Astrophysicist Dr Michael Joseph Way from NASA Goddard Space[...] to our understanding of the greenhouse effect and provided scientists with insights into the climate[...] to find traces of life there? It was long thought that life...

Space Encounter: Why the exploration of space makes sense, but the colonisation of other planets does not

was on 14 December 1972. That was almost 50 years ago. In that time, technology and science have advanced enormously[...] that this story sounds intriguing. However, it feeds more on the approaches of science fiction and Hollywood than[...] where people will stay in rotation to explore the deep...

3D Printing of living tissues for space exploration

Bremen, 26. April 2018 . The Life Sciences unit of the space and technology group OHB SE has been[...] into 3D printing of living tissue for space. Dr. Klaus Slenzka, Head of Life Sciences, is very proud to have[...] University of Dresden and OHB’s life sciences subsidiary Blue Horizon Sàrl....

Destination Venus part 4: What could a mission to Venus look like?

: #DestinationVenus 20. October 2021 "It's going to be an exciting time for planetary science[...] to search for life in the atmosphere of Venus to be feasible in the short term Venus Express, the last[...] . The scientific instruments used for this purpose were largely adopted from the Mars...

Destination Venus part 5: Why a mission to Venus helps us to deepen our knowledge about Earth

science." Astrophysicist Dr Michael Joseph Way from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center explains how[...] though the expectation to find life on the planet is unrealistic from her perspective. Dr. Ehrenfreund[...] , as an astrobiologist, do you think that extraterrestrial life will be discovered at...

Destination Venus part 6: Mechanical rover or atmospheric probes? How do you explore one of the most hostile planets in our solar system?

20. October 2021 "It's going to be an exciting time for planetary science." Astrophysicist[...] from a scientific point of view speaks against this. Venus and Earth are sister planets, meaning that studies[...] the final state of the climate change currently taking place on Earth? And can...

OHB expands activities in the NewSpace sector with the founding of Blue Horizon Deutschland

by technologies and processes from the field of “life sciences”. At the Luxembourg site, Blue Horizon is currently[...] in the development of our activities. We see great business potential in life sciences in space, which particularly[...] of experience in this area," says Klaus Slenzka, Chief S...