Pioneers of space: the new path to space

– and in technology. I went to a technical high school and after graduation I initially attended a career orientation[...] . We are granting ESA staff an exclusive view of our daily routines, all our tools and our calculations on a real[...] is increasingly growing in importance. Currently, there...

What is Galileo capable of?

, it arrives immediately and simultaneously transmits the navigation coordinates. In this way, rescue services[...] available, goods would simply stop being transported. We would have to revert to the old-fashioned methods[...] other. At the end of their service lives they are then placed in a “gr...

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

? Exploration answers some of these questions and simultaneously keeps asking new ones. We need to believe[...] it be? Definitely Mars. We have less gravity there, a reasonable flight time of one-and-a-half years and maybe

Out of the comfort zone, into the OHB cosmos

, I simply had to trust that they knew what they were doing, as I didn’t know my way around in Germany[...] online. And the Babbel app really helps when it comes to learning grammar. Learning German is a challenge

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 3: What is geoengineering?

to simply stop burning fossil fuels. But what else can be done? Humanity has the possibility to influence[...] and the desired effect can be built up gradually. Disadvantages: Depending on the aerosol used, the ozone layer[...] . The use of geoengineering is not desirable, but perhaps at some...

Return to the Moon: First Apollo, now Artemis

vehicles. The outpost is due to be gradually expanded further in the second phase until 2028. The aim[...] to be refueled. Similar projects are also being implemented at OHB on behalf of ESA. The idea of exploration

Space debris: Earth’s orbit is getting cluttered

. There is also the possibility of directing satellites into a graveyard orbit. In this case, they remain in space[...] or simulate what happens to our satellites during and after re-entry. This helps to make certain design

"Environmental monitoring from space will assume a dimension we cannot even imagine at this time."

video in which he apologized to his unborn grandchildren for the way humanity has been treating[...] . In this respect, I am very pleased, especially since a similar satellite – PRISMA from our subsidiary OHB Italia[...] the years. What was originally a simple small satellite has become a very...

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

a similar approach for the design of the next Venus mission out of time and budget considerations[...] efficient. Another factor in favor of using an aircraft is the lower gravitational acceleration compared[...] are deployed for redundancy reasons and in order to record measurements at different...

The colonization of Mars will still have to be awaited

experiments in gravity-free conditions at the cost of millions of dollars had become boring, especially[...] . This would equal the energy of the sun. The other way to travel far into the universe would be simply[...] a challenge for all of humankind. It forces us to grasp ourselves as a whole as...