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

On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission brought the first humans to the Moon. © NASA Exploration[...] space station Mir. Part of the mission is a spacewalk - the first to be undertaken by a German astronaut[...] . 2006 a mission to the ISS followed. Reiter spent a total of 350 days in space,...

From the self-made satellite to the OHB team

come up with some really great ideas for their mission. The panel base their decision on the underlying[...] have come up with some really great ideas for their mission. The panel base their decision[...] the contestants. The primary mission is the same for all teams: the satellite must be able...

We.OHB - Part 11: Checking quality with a passion

quality with a passion Her mission: Checking, testing, inspecting. Recognizable by: A green lab coat. Her[...] mission, but my proposal is exploring ways of additionally improving the defense system. I think it’s[...] to do at OHB for over two years.  Viktoria Schöneich's mission at OHB is:...

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

important pillar of this strategy is the European Earth observation mission "Copernicus", the EU's second[...] " mission. The Industrial Policy Committee IPC of the European Space Agency ESA has now awarded the next six[...] Copernicus missions. I am very pleased that OHB is able to make a...

#EngineeringOurEarth Part 5: How OHB has been working on the subject of geoengineering in 2021

. The problem is that the investigations that we have done so far within the consortium leave us with a mission[...] , we might actually arrive at a viable mission scenario that, while not completely counteracting the thermal[...] at a more concrete mission scenario, then we can of course provide m...

Small but powerful: Microsatellite ESAIL gets ready for launch

scientific missions. For example, I worked on Sentinel 3 – the satellites are a part of the Copernicus[...] to my work with LxS, but I did have extensive experience in ESA-related space missions, and this was exactly what LuxSpace[...] was looking for. My experience in those missions have proven...

Space Encounter: Europe must be careful not to lose out

the orbit of Mars this summer – and a mission to the Moon is planned for 2024. The Emiratis are just[...] . Under "@astro_matthias," our German astronaut will regularly send tweets from the "Cosmic Kiss" mission to Earth. After[...] " mission in 2018. Of course, I think this greater attention for...

What is EnMAP capable of?

is scheduled for April 2022, and the scientific mission is designed to last five years. The "environmental[...] and Science” space center in Oberpfaffenhofen. Although EnMAP is primarily a scientific mission[...] into its orbit in April 2022, from where it will be tracking changes in nature and...

We.OHB. Part 8: Our work is a bit like reading a glass ball.

. testing to determine whether the hardware and software meet the mission requirements. As a result[...] are the classic requirements for working on space missions. Yet, as the old saying goes, exceptions prove the rule[...] for our efforts to embark on missions to the moon and Mars in the future....

Space Encounter: The moon is an exciting target, especially from a research point of view

we used our own funds to send a small probe to the Moon with the Chinese mission Chang'e 5-T1 in memory[...] contract. Rather, it was the world’s first privately financed lunar mission, carrying two small scientific[...] instruments on board. By the way, the first European space probe ever to...