Space

Am 16. November 2022 war es endlich soweit – der erste NASA Testflug um den Mond im Rahmen von NASA Artemis wurde erfolgreich gestartet. Das ist der nächste Schritt für die Rückkehr der NASA zum Mond im Rahmen von Artemis und ebnet den Weg für bemannte Missionen zum Mars. Das Wiener Unternehmen TTTech ist mit seinen Produkten an Bord des Avionik-Systems (des „zentralen Nervensystems“ der Raumkapsel).

November 16, 2022: The successful launch of NASA’s Artemis I marks the next step in NASA’s return to the Moon under Artemis and preparing the way for human missions to Mars. Artemis I is an uncrewed test flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft around the Moon, launched atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket built to date.

World Space Week was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999 and is celebrated in October every year. Its aim is to bring space education and outreach to the general public through contributions from space agencies, aerospace companies, institutions and museums.

The EU-funded UN:IO study’s goal is to establish a sovereign communications network for Europe to enable new services and bring applications such as CCAM, agricultural IoT, or smart manufacturing to any location in Europe and globally.

Ariane 6 is Europe’s new flagship launcher. In March 2022, the launcher’s fully integrated avionics network was qualified at ArianeGroup’s development center in Les Mureaux near Paris, France. This is a key milestone ahead of the first launch of Ariane 6 which is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2023.

TTTech Aerospace’s highly reliable ASICs have been qualified for the use in the Ariane 6 launcher avionics. They are: Connecting all subsystems in the launcher using Time-Triggered Ethernet technology to replace the past MIL-1553 bus. Enabling safety-critical guidance, navigation and control data on the same network as non-critical monitoring or video data – on the same physical media, reducing cable harness.

The Technical Museum Vienna is Austria’s largest and most comprehensive museum of technology covering a wide range of topics, from everyday items and energy to science and mobility from the past and present.