By comparing dunes on Earth with dunes on Mars, a graduate student helped to better understand Martian dunes, among other properities also their movements which could help future astronauts to not establish their settlements at the wrong spots: ow.ly/nvfX50WoQ9a

#MarsMonday 🚀 Last week, we held the World’s Biggest Analog roleplay for MICO-Vienna! 🌍✨ SOPs were revised and we strengthened the team spirit. 💪🤝 WBA is set for Oct 13-26, 2025. Thanks for your commitment! 📸🚀 #WBA #WorldBiggestAnalog #Teamwork #MissionReady 📷: OeWF

German scientists have solved the mystery behind sun spots. They showed how these planet-sized dark blemishes can remain for weeks or months, which also could help predict solar storms: ow.ly/nKOM50WpI3g

🚀 We’re supporting #AsclepiosV – a student-led analog Moon mission launching this summer - and you can help, too! We’re even sending one of our own Austr. Space Forum experiments onboard. Support real science, real training & the future of space exploration 👉 ow.ly/rVj850WpBkl #Space

Vergangene Woche durften wir Vertreter der Firma Cloudflight im Suitlab begrüßen! 🚀 Gemeinsam haben wir über die aktuelle Raumfahrtpolitik in Österreich, strategische Partnerschaften und spannende, zukunftsweisende Kooperationen gesprochen. 🤝

🚨 LAST CALL: Samstag, 19. Juli | 14:00-17:00 | Open Space Day | Innsbruck Wir freuen uns auf Euch Anmeldung → oewf.org/events/open-sp… #LastCall #OpenSpaceDay #Innsbruck

Interesse an der Weltraumforschung? 🔭 Wir bieten viele coole Workshops an! 👩‍🚀 Letztens war es die Tech2Move in Oberösterreich Ende Juni! 🛰️ Schau doch mal auf unsere Website 👉 ow.ly/sfA950Wr63A Viel Spaß beim exploren und bis bald! 🚀

Advanced computer modelling and a new look at old data make scientists think, planet Uranus might be actually warmer than previously thought fitting into the line of the other giant planets: ow.ly/k4tQ50Wsi7j

🚀 Das war unser Open Space Day – 43 Sekunden Weltraum-Labor-Luft schnuppern! Vertical Treadmill, Wasserraketen-Launches, SpacesuitLab u.vm. Die Kids in den Mini-Raumanzügen haben unsere Herzen erobert 🥺❤️ Was war euer Highlight? Kommentiert unten! 👇

#Curiosity rover blog: The rover successfully climbed a 11m ridge and is ready for the next phase in the 'boxwork campaign': ow.ly/xRUv50WsplO

🚀 Unique Opportunity to Volunteer for Hypogravity Research! Are you a sports enthusiast based in or near Innsbruck, aged between 18 and 55, and interested in contributing to cutting-edge space research? Check out our poster and drop us a message ⬇️ #ESA #VerticalTreadmill

🚀 Buchtipp 📚 Unsere Analog-Astronautin, Dr. Anika Mehlis 🧑‍🚀, hat ein wundervolles Buch geschrieben, das ab sofort vorbestellt werden kann – inklusive persönlicher Signatur! ✍️✨😍 Sichert euch ein Exemplar! 📚 Mehr Infos und Vorbestellungen hier ➡️ ow.ly/s0WC50WsySg

AstroAid's Advisory Board met this week — hosted by our amazing colleague Ahmed Baraka in Egypt 🇪🇬! Our Director Gernot Grömer represented Austria 🇦🇹. With its 1st birthday next month, the foundation is already driving global impact — from Innsbruck to Cairo! 🚀🌎 #SpaceForHealth

Imaging methods have made strong progress over the decades and changed how we see Mars quite a bit: ow.ly/z1Qx50WuLfh

The JunoCam on the #Juno spacecraft in orbit around #Jupiter has suffered after years of exposure to the giant planet's intense radiation. Engineers found a way to solve it, but it's not lasting: ow.ly/E5nA50Wv84o

Mission accomplished! 🚀 This July, we teamed up with the to host an unforgettable space workshop for young explorers. From being inside a space suit, to piloting a Mars rover and experiencing the scent of Venus - you were stellar! 🌟 📸 Swipe for highlights!

At the arctic circle, a stratospheric balloon successfully dropped a mock-up of the #ExoMars landing platform. The Rosalind Franklin rover will land on Mars with the largest parachute ever used outsid Earth: ow.ly/Qxrv50WvBT6

#ScienceSunday Poland’s mission to the ISS, Ignis, launched 25 Jun 2025. ESA astronaut Sławosz Uznański‑Wiśniewski orbited Earth 230 times in 20 days, executing 60+ experiments—from AI, biotech and materials to mental health—igniting space science and education 🚀 📷NASA

#MarsMonday 🚀 The European Mars Conference 2025 will take place in Paris in November. 🇫🇷 ⏰ Important note: The deadline for the call for papers is coming up soon! Don't miss your chance to submit your work: ow.ly/z2MI50WvIzl 📷: OeWF/vog.photo #EMC2017 Innsbruck

Lift-off: Neue Folge online! 🚀 Während des Open Space Day im Suitlab am 19. Juli aufgenommen, erwartet euch jetzt eine brandneue Folge des Lift-off Podcasts – direkt aus dem Herzen der Weltraumforschung! 📡 Jetzt reinhören! 🔭 ow.ly/qI3550WwxZt