Space Encounter: Bremen consolidating its “City of Space” reputation as the host of the IAC 2018

are doing in this industry. Many of these topics will soon be on display at our stand at the Bremen fair ground as well[...] as in lectures and in panel discussions. A good 70 representatives from all across the OHB Group[...] in order to arouse at a very early stage young people’s interest in...

Destination Venus Part 7: How OHB intends to bring scientific instruments into the atmosphere of Venus

the surface. The orbiter is to be in a low Venus orbit at this time and serve as a relay station[...] in the atmosphere. It is precisely this principle that the research group led by Jane Greaves at Cardiff University[...] , the working group repeated the observation with the Atacama Large...

Destination Venus part 3: Was Venus a twin of Earth millions of years ago?

Center. Their idea is basically to put weather stations on the surface to measure temperature[...] that are being funded by NASA. You would put these weather stations in several places around the planet, ideally[...] the ground on Venus, but I think that there is a misconception that as you go...

Space Encounter: The new Cold War in space: Here's how it affects the succession of the ISS

have now also cancelled cooperation on the International Space Station ISS. Although the Russians[...] station in space. I could well imagine that they will first uncouple their own modules and continue[...] to operate them as a smaller station. Possibly they will dock something new later....

Space Encounter: Family businesses are islands of stability in society

businesses can exert greater influence than they may realize on the state of society through their culture[...] state for us at OHB and quite explicitly for myself as the owner that we are committed to these values[...] standards applied outside the family culture which have become necessary as...

Space debris: Earth’s orbit is getting cluttered

? It is not at all uncommon for debris to survive re-entry into the atmosphere and reach the ground. Therefore[...] doing to avoid space debris? For several years now, OHB has had a cross-departmental working group which has been[...] more and more cluttered. In addition to a rapidly growing...

Space Encounter: Alexander Gerst, ISS and the benefits of satellite technology

October in Bremen during the International Astronautical Congress IAC at the Bremen fair grounds. When[...] is a true star. At times I felt like I was at a pop concert, with teenagers queuing at the stage[...] are interested in space travel. I'm also highly convinced that it is important to start...

50 years after the first moon landing: Interview with former astronaut Thomas Reiter

space station Mir. Part of the mission is a spacewalk - the first to be undertaken by a German astronaut[...] to some extent when you view the Earth from the space station, but not in the same way. This impression[...] was to build a lunar station. However, these plans didn’t eventuate. Why not?...

20-meter moonwalk: How the “Lunar Explorers” photographic work of art by Michael Najjar found its way to OHB

clumsily over the barren ground of the moon, 380,000 kilometers away from the earth. One astronaut[...] day. I expressed my passion with a series called “outer space”, which I started seven years ago[...] element of my work. Consequently, I have already completed extensive cosmonaut training in S...

10 questions and answers about Galileo

can be executed with extremely high accuracy and safety, without any need for a complex ground[...] to fruition a longstanding flagship project for the OHB Group. And that’s something we’re very proud[...] System AG, the principal contractor. Satellites FM 25 & 26 are in the starting blocks