Austrian Space Forum

Mars analogue field simulation in Southern Spain in April 2011, together with international experiments including ESA eurobot vehicle.

Aside from testing the newest version of the Forum's Spacesuit simulator Aouda.X, teams from 10 different nations (including the US, Europe and New Zealand) tried geophysical techniques, instruments and ideas for future crewed missions to cave systems on Mars.

[6][7] Between 1 and 28 February 2013, the Austrian Space Forum – in partnership with the Ibn Battuta Center in Marrakesh – conducted an integrated Mars analogue field simulation in the northern Sahara near Erfoud, Morocco within the framework of the PolAres research programme.

[9] From August 3 to 15, 2015, a two-week Mars simulation called "AMADEE-15",[10] together with international partners, took place on an ice and boulder glacier in Kaunertal, Austria.

[13][14] This simulated Mars expedition was conducted for the first time as part of the AMADEE program, in conjunction with the Oman National Steering Committee for AMADEE-18.

In addition to taking soil and sedimentation samples, experiments on human-machine interaction and the cultivation of herbs in bioreactors are being carried out.

[17][19] Launched on January 13, 2022, 22:51 UTC,[20] the ADLER-1 cubesat orbits Earth at an altitude of about 500 km to detect space debris with particle sizes "in the micrometer range" for at least one year.

The probe's main instrument, the Austrian Particle Impact Detector (APID), was developed at the OeWF laboratory in Innsbruck.

The entire ADLER-1 project cost a larger six-figure euro amount and was privately funded, by Findus Venture GmbH, Austria.