Luxembourg – a small country that plays a big role in space

success for OHB in this connection: for many years LuxSpace has been responsible for processing[...] receive the AIS data and pass it on to the data processing center at Luxspace via a network of ground[...] 200,000 ships, are processed each day. With this service, LuxSpace is thus one of...

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

technological capabilities, it would be quite possible to engineer a probe able to withstand the pressure[...] of the matter is that we will only be able to use short-life surface probes, at least in the near future[...] European mission to Venus to date, left the Earth on November 9, 2005. The p...

EnMAP: The data specialists

of hyperspectral remote sensing is the ability to distinguish between different materials. Overall, however[...] of the data material is only revealed through comprehensive and targeted interpretation. To what extent is GFZ[...] The EnMAP satellite will soon be providing a wide range of data. ©...

Space Encounter: Europe is building an infrastructure of findings with Copernicus

information on where new sources of raw materials are located. The great potential is mainly due to the fact[...] in this project are called "Sentinels", a fitting name in my view. Since 2014, seven of these "Sentinels" have[...] scientists to better assess the consequences and thus provide...

From SpaceX to the OHB Supervisory Board. An interview with Dr. Hans Königsmann

complex movements and processes. This simulation software to test the satellite on the ground[...] in Berlin in 1963. He studied aerospace engineering at the TU Berlin and holds a PhD from the University[...] of Bremen. As a young space engineer, he worked at the Center of Applied Space...

Space Encounter: Why the exploration of space makes sense, but the colonisation of other planets does not

sea. That we derive explanations about certain processes from the findings and possibly even change[...] . His Starship rocket is supposed to transport people and materials to the Red Planet to build permanent[...] or sending probes to go as far as possible into space. Launched in 1977, NASA's...

Space Encounter: We are running out of time

and streets painted white, deserts, fields and water surfaces covered with reflective materials ensure[...] . Our engineers were to examine various concepts that could help to mitigate global warming[...] in space to shade the Earth. Our engineers have then assessed all of these technologies. They...

Welcome back on planet Earth Matthias Maurer!

comes in here in the office next door, as we are still in charge of the engineering support[...] Weightless squats: Matthias Maurer conducted his exercise sessions wearing the EasyMotion electro[...] muscle stimulation suit. This suit provides electrical pulses to stimulate the muscles in...

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

for living beings on the Earth because of its chemical properties. In metabolic processes, it plays[...] . Its development processes are very interesting for us. The Earth’s two closest neighbors, Venus and Mars[...] temperatures it is gaseous. So far, no substance whose properties match those of...

Space Encounter: A satellite from Germany launches a new era in Earth observation

EnMAP will make to understanding the complex processes and feedback mechanisms in the Earth ecosystem[...] previously not possible in this way. All materials on the Earth's surface reflect sunlight in their own way[...] spectra depicted, it is possible not only to determine materials precisely,...