EnMAP: The data specialists

of the mission what benefits we can derive from the data. One thing is clear: we have some very busy months ahead

Out of the comfort zone, into the OHB cosmos

department. He took over the department at the beginning of the year and likes to work in a “busy” atmosphere

High school students

by business management units and working methods in systems engineering Selecting areas of study

Exploration of the Universe Part 4 - Does it rain diamonds on the ice giants?

Uranus and Neptune are the outermost planets in our solar system. © NASA/JPL-Caltech Exploration[...] giants? On our journey through the solar system, we have long since left the terrestrial planets behind[...] to be a planet in 2006, only two planets remain that we have not yet seen: the ice...

Exploration of the Universe Part 3 - Is it possible to land on the gas giants in our solar system?

Before the first telescopes were invented, Jupiter and Saturn were the only known planets[...] and Saturn Is it possible to land on the gas giants? Up to now we have concentrated on the inner planets[...] during our expedition through the solar system. These are also referred to as Earth-like pla...

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

Venus and Earth are sister planets that formed about 4.6 billion years ago. © NASA[...] #DestinationVenus Exploration 23. January 2020 Our sister planet and each phase of its development provide[...] though the expectation to find life on the planet is unrealistic from her perspective. Dr....

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

Up to now, Mars has been the planet that has been most thouroughly searched for extraterrestrial[...] of the compound in the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet is considered an indication of the existence of life[...] into the planet's atmosphere and conduct an in-situ search for traces of life....

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

that makes Venus the hostile planet it is today. © NASA / SDO #DestinationVenus Exploration 04. December 2019[...] is focused on both the multi-scale structure of the universe and the modeling of planetary atmospheres[...] that he thinks that Venus is an interesting planet, maybe even more...

Is there life on Mars?

the Red Planet. Dr. Andreas Winkler, Head of Exploration, Science and Human Spaceflight at OHB, describes[...] ? Of all the planets of our solar system, Mars resembles the earth the most not least of all because[...] . At the same time, it is the most accessible planet for us. Mars has always...

#DestinationVenus Part 8: On a flying visit to Earth's closest neighbour

Last month, Venus received two visits from Earth: Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo used the planet[...] to Venus: Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo used the planet's gravity to lose a little orbital energy[...] is travelling to the innermost planet Mercury and Solar Orbiter is on its way to study the...