Space Encounter: A spaceport in the North Sea would catapult Germany into the future as a location of the aerospace industry

attractive for both the state and commercial launches, but also relevant for security related space missions[...] and micro-satellites will grow immensely, both for the market of satellite constellations and for smaller[...] to set up a start-up company today that was even remotely concerned with...

“We want to inspire young people for aerospace jobs at OHB”

on the company? Hofmann : Our company is constantly growing within an international environment – yet[...] and at a very early stage. It’s simply not a given thing that a sufficient number of young people[...] . For example, our dual­study offer which we started with the University of Bremen and...

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 4: How TU Delft contributes to the geoengineering consortium established by OHB

are the students working on? The Bachelor students work as a group and will come up with a full end-to-end mission[...] are. Do your students also stay in contact with the geoengineering team at OHB? Yes, the Bachelor students just

Courage through self-awareness

for them to get started. This includes removing your shoes at the door and bowing.” In total, a session[...] even further into the OHB cosmos: “That’s why we are preparing a space in which everyone can grow.”

#DestinationVenus Part 9: What insights can we expect from the new Venus missions?

that we call tesserae. And what makes that extremely interesting is that this allows us to ground truth what[...] know to start looking for hydrated minerals and the like on the surface. It's really going to help

Space Encounter: Missions to Mars will require more infrastructure in space

is greatly underestimated. It would be easier to operate a kind of Arctic station on the Moon. But Mars[...] . But I may be wrong. Supply stations on the moon with 3D printer For humans to be able to travel to Mars on a regular[...] basis, supply stations along the route through space are...

Lunar Gateway: Why the European Refuelling Module is a gamechanger for exploration missions

on Earth is much better than in space. Or to put it another way: There are no refuelling stations in space[...] destinations in the future, ESA is contributing a special module to the planned Lunar Gateway space station[...] and Progress freighters as part of routine station operations – but the...

Artemis, the Gateway and the future of humanity in space

and from there on to the final destination. But the Gateway is not just a transfer station. As a space station inhabited[...] to the ISS, the Gateway will consist of various modules that will be gradually assembled into a space station[...] of the Artemis 4 mission and will then fulfil the...

Welcome back on planet Earth Matthias Maurer!

Space Station always in sight: When Dr. Marco Berg, Head of Human Space Flight and Exploration at OHB[...] with the space station for years. His department develops and supports a number of experiments and modules[...] kilometres per hour, about 400 kilometres above us. You have been connected to...

Exploration of outer space: In search of the origins of our existence

for me. When will we see the first commercial space stations on other planets, and what influence[...] to live on a space station without water and oxygen? This calls for a highly sustainable solution[...] – full spacecraft reusability, returning to the Moon, the first commercial space station,...