Human Spaceflight

Human Spaceflight Human space flight has a long tradition at OHB. OHB experts in Bremen alone[...] contributed to 6 Shuttle/Spacelab missions, to two MIR missions and to the EURECA mission with development[...] and operational tasks. The company is also significantly involved in what is currently...

Space Encounter: I am convinced that with KKR we have found the ideal partner to bring us a big step forward on our way becoming the European Space Champion

Space Encounter Company A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space "I am convinced[...] Space Champion" 7 August 2023. In Europe, we have been dealing for quite some time with the question[...] of how we want to conduct space travel in the future and how Europe can prove itself in...

Our Number 1 space pioneer

Billiards in space - DART and Hera

its orbit. © ESA Hera Space Safety Exploration 19. September 2022 Billiards in space - DART and Hera How[...] discovered in our solar system. A good 1,400 of them are on the European Space Agency's (ESA) risk list due[...] to their trajectory and size and are under special observation. However,...

Space Encounter: We are running out of time

© OHB Space Encounter A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space We are running out[...] of time Why humanity needs new, additional measures to combat global warming - and how space technologies[...] , which unites peoples and cultures, can be compared with a similar space project: the...

Guidelines for a sustainable Space Traffic Management

, but gives an impression on the congestion of space. ©ESA Space Debris Space Safety 10. May 2022 SPACEWAYS[...] : EU study to be published in summer 2022 United with the major European Space Actors OHB is working[...] on guidelines for a sustainable Space Traffic Management What if all the means...

Artemis, the Gateway and the future of humanity in space

Artistic view of the Gateway in lunar orbit. © NASA/Alberto Bertolin Exploration Human Spaceflight[...] : the one to Mars. The NASA-led Artemis programme consists of several components. These include the Space Launch[...] modules and new spacesuits for surface expeditions. One aspect that...

Space Encounter: The story of a good idea

Space Encounter Company A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space The story of a good[...] growing start-up scene in the space sector with great interest, and on the one hand I am always amazed[...] . For me, this also shows how much space has now gained in importance, that it is seen...

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

© OHB Space Encounter 06. January 2020 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space[...] The Twenties will be a decade of increased human activity in space humankind will have been able to find traces[...] at the expense of the opportunities. Space industry has succeeded in...

The crisis makes the need for space technology more obvious

© OHB Space Encounter 09. April 2020 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space[...] The crisis makes the need for space technology more obvious April 9, 2020. Within a few weeks[...] . I am glad that the space industry is doing better than other sectors and that market fluctuations