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

topics will be making a key contribution to answering questions concerning the future of our planet[...] identify planets that orbit around their sun at a distance similar to Earth and are thus potentially[...] that the world’s largest congress touching on all areas and aspects of space travel is...

EnMAP: A new superhero for the Earth

to “scan” forests and thus determine the health of the trees and plants from an altitude of 640 kilometers[...] planning will benefit from EnMAP’s data. In addition, the severity of land degradation, i.e[...] , it is possible to distinguish plant groups and sometimes even individual plant species...

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

, it's about a backup plan if something happens here on Earth. Mars is certainly not yet the ideal place[...] for us humans, but at the moment, it's the only planet we can reach. It's not the most urgent thing now[...] that spaceflight has to offer, the ultimate in spaceflight is setting out for...

Space Encounter: Missions to Mars will require more infrastructure in space

the human species in a third world war. He plans to have his spaceship “Big Falcon Rocket” land on Mars[...] a logistical structure in the closer planetary system. This could, for example, include a Moon base where[...] was organised. Life on other planets is subject to considerable constraints....

Space Encounter: Europe's security is also defended in space

Such protection should consist of building autonomous systems in the area of secure communication. The planned[...] Overall, ESA is planning a budget of around 18.5 billion euros for the next three years – although some[...] . I am aware that this is above the previous plans of the German...

5 Questions and Answers about the MTG - Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite programme

will the other launches take place? Currently, the launch of the first Sounder is planned for August 2024[...] forecasts for Europe in geostationary orbit, with OHB technology playing a key role. The satellite platform[...] responsibility for all six satellite platforms, two IRS (infrared...

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

, but you don’t see the planet as a whole in space. That’s one of the differences. You also know[...] environment, the sense of what our planet really is, was completely changed by this image. The view[...] was to build a lunar station. However, these plans didn’t eventuate. Why not? Because in...

Into the unknown: How Comet Interceptor will study a comet that has not yet been discovered

? Challenging, but not impossible. With Comet Interceptor, the European Space Agency is planning to map a truly[...] planetesimals that accumulated into planets over time. The objects forming the Oort cloud can therefore[...] the solar system formed and how planets like our Earth came to be. What...

“The first major stage has been completed” - Interview with Dr Wolfgang Paetsch

24 satellites in 3 orbits, that is, three different planes in space. This means that a coverage of 100 percent[...] 3 will work like this: we are planning for the first launch in 2020. We can assume that, starting in 2020[...] the remaining twelve satellites need to be replaced. Are the plans for...

The Flyeye-Telescope – early warning service for the sky

) is heading for our planet. 900 potentially dangerous “near-Earth objects” are currently being monitored[...] in the future. The data collected by Flyeye will be sent to the Minor Planet Center (MPC) operated[...] Coordination Center (NEOCC) in Italy will be planning and coordi­nating the...