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

on the tests that need to be performed. All subsystems will be tested thoroughly, the electronics, the drive

Space Encounter: Space debris must not become a tool for a new Cold War in space

not become a tool for a new Cold War in space" 9 December 2021. With the election of Olaf Scholz

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 3: What is geoengineering?

to generate the same amount of electricity. When carbon dioxide is injected into underground storage sites

Return to the Moon: First Apollo, now Artemis

by 2024. The first module, the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), which will supply the outpost[...] element that supplies the Gateway with fuel for manoeuvring and attitude control as well as a refuelling[...] with one or two elements on Moon’s surface. On behalf of ESA, OHB is designing the...

OHB awarded a study for 3D Printing on the moon

of elements of different scales will be investigated for their potential to be 3D printed. The other survey[...] is to use or reuse, a maximum of elements needed for inhabiting a future lunar station. In this respect, the material

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

, for example, depends on the outcome of the US elections in November 2020, the effects of the UK’s withdrawal

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

as high as the Earth’s. This makes the use of solar-electric motors, which draw their energy from solar

OHB flagship project Galileo celebrating its 10th anniversary: January 7, 2010 marked the start of Europe’s first satellite navigation system

, one satellite will be completed every five to six weeks at eleven production islands. Following FM23, OHB[...] is producing a further eleven satellites for Galileo Batch 3. Various satellite designs and mission concepts

The colonization of Mars will still have to be awaited

distance as that between the Earth and the Moon – in an electric car that is fast and reliable and also

School meets the private sector: OHB and ÖG forging a partnership agreement

in the future. The main element of the agreement concerns lessons on aviation and space for grade 10 students[...] the course with practical examples and elements from working life. In the final quarter of each school year