Space Encounter: Space missions are a question of existence for humanity

as it showed that manned missions to planets were no longer merely science fiction phantasies. All of a sudden[...] the scope for setting up outposts on the moon or Mars as if this were an entirely natural thing to do. Elon[...] , if they were to collide with the earth, would extinguish every form...

Space Encounter: Alexander Gerst, ISS and the benefits of satellite technology

for an autograph from “Astro-Alex”. The hall was completely full. We were able to observe a similar phenomenon last[...] ” was boundless (although it must be said that they were particularly driven by a desire to view the space[...] activities of “their” City of Space). This very clearly showed us...

Space Encounter: Germany's Internet gaps hamper innovation and damage prosperity

surprise, have done it very well. Other sectors of the economy were able to move their workflows[...] of us, the restrictions on our freedom of movement that we had to endure at the beginning of the pandemic were offset[...] , video chats were used, Angela Merkel recommended that the younger...

#DestinationVenus Part 8: On a flying visit to Earth's closest neighbour

probes were able to use their instruments to study Venus during their brief encounter. Solar Orbiter[...] flyby, the spacecraft's outboard cameras were able to capture a series of black-and-white images[...] that were combined to show the event from the spacecraft's point of view. Both Solar...

“The first major stage has been completed” - Interview with Dr Wolfgang Paetsch

tranche were sent to Kourou. What are the predominant emotions? Tense expectation in anticipation[...] that were launched into space as In-Orbit Validation satellites to test the technology. Their first launch[...] with exploring what a next generation of Galileo satellites might look like....

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

were still unknown; today we have discovered over 4,000 of them. There are an enormous number of stars[...] , are exciting in this respect as they were created at the same time as the Earth 4.6 billion years ago, but have[...] closest neighbors, Venus and Mars, are exciting in this respect as they...

Space Encounter: We are running out of time

, were prepared to get something big off the ground. A HARSH YEAR FOR THE GLOBAL CLIMATE It is possible[...] . Our engineers were to examine various concepts that could help to mitigate global warming[...] were examined that pursue the goal of either reducing the amount of radiation reaching the...

Pioneers of space: the new path to space

. At that time, we were only a very small company with around 20 employees and offices in containers[...] were completed relatively swiftly without any bureaucratic constraints. Obviously, this approach[...] has its own challenges: when I started out, our offices, workshops and laboratories were...

Billiards in space - DART and Hera

people were injured in the impact of the Chelyabinsk asteroid. This asteroid also broke apart while still[...] , no funds were approved for the mission, which amounted to ESA withdrawing from the project. NASA[...] change were to be carried out by observatories on Earth. Hera as successor to AIM...

The Twenties will be a decade of increased human activity in space

were known as a “Golden Age”, especially in Germany. I'm pretty sure that we tend to romanticize[...] at least some of the events of that decade, but nevertheless: the 1920s were a time of general economic[...] in the structure of the industry. While the previous four decades were characterized...