Space Encounter: Increased funding for space technologies benefits climate protection

© OHB Space Encounter 23. September 2019 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space[...] therefore also provides a very reliable data basis for political decisions. ESA Ministerial Conference[...] protection and environmental monitoring at precisely the right time, as it will be decid...

How MT Mechatronics is using radio telescopes to help answer the major questions of interest to humanity

. MT Mechatronics is currently working on two of the largest astronomy projects of the next decade. In the radio[...] AT OHB   We. Create. Space. Get off to a flying start at one of Europe’s most successful space[...] to Earth's closest neighbour – Two flybys kick off the "Venusian Decade"...

Is there life on Mars?

AS LITTLE GREEN MEN. AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. ANDREAS WINKLER FROM OHB SYSTEM AG Mars has been capturing[...] the Red Planet. Dr. Andreas Winkler, Head of Exploration, Science and Human Spaceflight at OHB, describes[...] ExoMars at OHB System Dr. Winkler, why is there such interest in Mars when it...

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

Gerst, the European who spent the most days in space. © OHB Let your thoughts drift back to July[...] . That would be my wish and I believe that it will be possible in the second half of the decade. The Chinese[...] possible before we start transporting humans to the Moon in the second half of the...

"It will make a significant difference for Germany as a business location whether we have a launch site or not"

Congress last October. In an interview with OHB's Head of Corporate Communications Günther Hörbst[...] or airplanes. The central element of this New Space industry is that the costs of applications decrease, which[...] industry will be facing golden times. Marco Fuchs, the owner and CEO of OHB,...

“Family-owned companies are islands of stability and anchors for continuity”

© OHB 21. March 2018 “Family-owned companies are islands of stability and anchors for continuity[...] ” Interview with Marco R. Fuchs Marco R. Fuchs, Chief Executive Officer of OHB SE, explains the appeal[...] to convey to all employees across the entire group an idea of how important and decisive...

EnMAP: Making the invisible visible

a decisive contribution in this regard. In an interview, the OHB team of experts asks Hans-Peter Honold[...] EnMAP data will be able to help us understand the Earth and its ecosystems. © OHB/DLR EnMAP Earth[...] . As the prime contractor for the EnMAP (Environmental Mapping & Analysis Program)...

Space Encounter: Family businesses are islands of stability in society

. But to my mind, the decisive point is this: We are an independent company where OHB employees come to work each[...] © OHB Space Encounter 24. October 2018 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space[...] Bridenstine, the new administrator at NASA, paid OHB a visit. The conversation...

Space Encounter: Why earth observation is essential

© OHB Space Encounter 28. March 2019 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space Why[...] of the PRISMA satellite, which our subsidiary OHB Italia built on behalf of the Italian space agency ASI[...] areas. It will be easier to observe changes in the environment, we will be able to...

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

. In an interview with the OHB editorial team, she explains why missions to Venus are a worthwhile investment even[...] a decisive role as a solvent and as a transport medium. In addition, water is one of the few substances[...] the "Venusian Decade" For a long time, not much attention was paid to...