#ScienceSunday Drei Tage, ein Ziel im Sonnensystem, ein Missionskonzept: So lautete die Abschlussaufgabe in der Lehrveranstaltung „Einführung in die Raumfahrt-Technik“ an der FH Vorarlberg.

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#Weltraum #Lehrveranstaltung #Missionskonzept

New research with #InSight lander data show that Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars is still tectonically active: ow.ly/bm605100JVR

To learn how to be able to operate safely and sustainably on the Moon, ESA will send a few science demostrators to the Moon during the next few years: ow.ly/IM1U5100nFz

🚀 Got a skill to share? Bring it to Biosphere 2! From EVA procedures and crew psychology to yoga, hiking and creative workshops, AAC 2027 welcomes proposals that enrich the analog astronaut community.

📅 29 Apr–2 May 2027
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A Mars mission has just left Earth, and its target is the Martian moons 🚀

JAXA’s MMX launched on an H3 on 19 Oct (21:41 CEST). It will study Phobos and Deimos, land on Phobos, and bring samples back to Earth in 2031. 🚀

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Mars-Mission auf der Erde? 🚀👩‍🚀 Unsere Analog Astronautin Dr. Anika Mehlis berichtet im WunderNova Podcast über Isolation, psychologische Herausforderungen und die Faszination der Weltraumforschung.
➡️ Reinhören: ow.ly/my2050ZYG4E
#MarsMission #PodcastTipp

ESA's small missions initiative seeks for affordable lunar mission concepts, and has attracted over 60 ideas. Four highlighted ideas: ow.ly/WRCg50ZZch0

Congratulations to @mmx_jaxa_en for successful liftoff of the #MMX to Mars. Looking forward to the sample returning from Mars

#AMADEE27 Experiment 14 | IAQHABITAT: Sealed habitat = VOCs, formaldehyde, particles accumulating. Continuous monitoring + lab validation. How polluted does confinement get, and can catalytic cleaning replace filtration? #MarsMonday

Japan is about to launch the first mission built to bring back samples from a Martian moon. 🇯🇵🚀
JAXA’s #MMX launches tomorrow, 21:41 CEST. Its samples could reveal whether Mars’ moons are captured asteroids or impact debris. Back on Earth in 2031. 🔴

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#ESA gives an overview on the #MMX mission to the Martian moon #Phobos here: ow.ly/q4Kk50ZYGhV
What is the mission about and what is its aim?

As they are hard to observe, we don't know much about Brown Dwarfs. But we learn more and more about these intermediates between gas giants and stars: ow.ly/a5Ac50ZYjfq

Gestern war SIM:SPACE Space Day im Planetarium Wien. 🚀
Wiener Jugendliche haben ein Schuljahr lang eine Mars-Analog-Mission geplant, Experimente entwickelt und fünf Tage im Monsaraz Habitat in Portugal simuliert. Jetzt sind sie Weltraumbotschafter:innen.
#simulateMars

Jupiter's magnetosphere interacts with innermost moon Io to form a magnetodisk. Results of researches show that this disk crumples into a wave-like structure during active periods in contrast to what was previosly thought: ow.ly/r8g050ZXxOs

Oct. 11 marked a record for #Perseverance Mars rover. It is now the Mars rover that travelled the greatest distance so far: ow.ly/Ybo450ZXxIf

Meet Dr. Grömer at the Austrian Space Days. 🚀
Starting 14 October at Vienna Airport, #AustrianSpaceDays2026 explores “Industrialization by Design” and Europe's shift towards scalable space systems and series production.
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#AMADEE27 Experiment 13 | ACUBENS: Ultra-wideband anchor nodes deployed autonomously. Shared positioning for humans and robots. Can distributed infrastructure improve navigation robustness vs. onboard-only SLAM? #MarsMonday

Event Tip: WIA Austria organizes panel “Science & Technology Communication: Bridging the Gap Between Expertise and Society”, as part of Vienna edition of Science & Technology Film Festival. Moderation: OeWF president Monika Fischer.
📅15Oct2026, 15:00
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Nearly eight months in orbit, then a slow return to gravity 🌍 After returning from space, even walking straight with your eyes closed can be a challenge. How does the body readapt? ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot’s journey home this thursday is part of the story. 🚀 📸: ESA

JAXA’s Martian Moons eXploration (#MMX) mission is scheduled to launch on Oct 19th. A live stream with an overview of the mission and NASA contributions will be held on Oct 15th: ow.ly/Qeav50ZW9cr