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

models emerging. The market is changing rapidly. This calls for new technologies, new processes and new[...] production methods. It is true that governments will always play a central role in space activities[...] , particularly as supervisors, as initiators of projects and as operators of public...

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

then slowly sink into the planet's core. In 2017 this process could be reproduced in the laboratory[...] to their great distance from the Earth, Uranus and Neptune have not had many visitors so far. Only the NASA probe[...] Voyager 2 could fill its Instagram profile with images of the two ice...

EASI-STRESS: Non-destructive analysis of residual stress in components

, precise knowledge of stresses can help to qualify new materials or processes more quickly. Axel Müller[...] Thermal and mechanical manufacturing and joining processes generate residual stress in metal[...] partners, the step towards process development and quality assurance in industrial...

There’s quite a lot going on up there: space debris is becoming an ever bigger problem

OHB’s processes in order to avoid space debris as far as possible. This also includes the installation[...] 25 years or whether we need a maneuver. During production, we can make sure that materials with a certain[...] PhD thesis (2013, photo material: ESA) So there are rules that can be followed...

Great visions with small satellites

Fredrik Sjöberg and Benoit Mathieu (from left) signing the contract for the Arctic Weather[...] Sjöberg and Benoit Mathieu, OHB Sweden’s new management duo, want to plot the space technology company’s[...] . It is not uncommon for employees to move from one location to another in order to continue...

Artemis, the Gateway and the future of humanity in space

, but in practice the process is very challenging. Why? Read Part 2 of our story to find out. More about[...] . This will require larger landers, more people and more material – more than the available launchers can bring[...] geology – was launched. But the programme ended not too long after with...

Space debris: Earth’s orbit is getting cluttered

decisions. In addition, technology studies are also being conducted on new materials to further reduce[...] space flight more sustainable Pia Bausch Space is infinite. So how can space debris be a problem[...] a big problem. When satellites collide, they create veritable debris fields that then...

Space Encounter: The Henry Ford moment in spaceflight

production approach possible, based on identical components and uniform engines. Additive manufacturing[...] successful test. After all, they had collected a lot of data. One engineer said dryly that they still had[...] . This big idea also started small. In August 2018, 7 engineers got together...

How the Digital Twin works at the port of Bremen

Services solution helping to optimize logistics processes Digitalization is already commonplace in many[...] smartphones. In many parts of logistics, however, there is still scope for improvement and many processes[...] industry for example. Until now, the logistics processes have been...

EnMAP: Making the invisible visible

about these ecosystems for several decades through an iterative process involving observation[...] records the entire spectrum, data pertaining to very different questions can be processed[...] sensing for humanity Floods, storms, heat waves – we have all long since been feeling the effects