Click here for interview | Nina Klimburg-Witjes recently gave an interview for Studio 9, a programme of the German radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In the programme entitled “Alternativer Weltraum – Visionen jenseits von Musk und Co.”, Nina discussed the activities of the FutureSpace project, …

Click here for interview | In light of the Artemis II mission, Nina Klimburg-Witjes featured as a guest in the Ö1 radio programme “Punkt Eins”, hosted by Andreas Obrecht. In their hour-long conversation, Nina discussed which geopolitical and economic developments currently shape the future of …

In a new contribution for Table.Briefings, Nina Klimburg-Witjes and Philipp Kürten reflect on the temporal politics of European spaceflight. The article argues that Europe’s future in space is not only a question of rockets, budgets, or technological speed, but also of time: planning horizons,...

Click here for article | Nina Klimburg-Witjes recently contributed to an article by Thomas Zauner in the Austrian magazine “Falter”, discussing the upcoming Artemis II mission to the Moon. Placing NASA’s current lunar programme in the context of current geopolitics and changing governance of outer space, the article asks what the objectives of the Artemis programme are and which motivations underlie these.

Click here for article | In an article published in the Austrian magazine “wespennest” Nina Klimburg-Witjes and Kai Strycker discuss the critical situation of space debris and the potential threats it poses to our space infrastructure. Written in an attempt to avert the general public to the concerning developments that so often happen out of sight and out of mind, the article gives a broad overview of the current predicament of orbital debris.

Click here for article | Nina Klimburg-Witjes, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Science and Technology Studies at the University of Vienna, talks about the role of the Ariane 6 for Europe in the Podcast Edition Zukunft of the Austrian newspaper Der Standard.

Click here for article | Our researchers who are members of the UN affiliated Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) that represents university students and young professionals have collaborated to write a short summary of the FutureSpace Project and its ambitions for the SGAC newsletter

As part of the programme booklet for the new production of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "The Physicists" at the Landestheater Niederösterreich, Julia Engelmayer conducted an interview with Nina Klimburg-Witjes on the question "What visions of the future is our research based on?". Enjoy the read!

Click here for article | As part of the “Junge-Akademie-Blog” of the Der Standard Newspaper Nina Klimburg-Witjes, Philipp Kürten and Kai Strycker give an overview of the current situation of the European Space Industry, especially in the light of the ongoing new Space Race.

Click here for article | Rudolphina journalists Hanna Möller and Petra Schiefer sat down with Nina Klimburg-Witjes and discussed the new global space race and its implications for the European space industry.

Click here for article | In a conversation with journalist Florian Baranyi writing for ORF-TOPOS Nina Klimburg-Witjes sheds light on the concerning issue of space debris and the challenges we face in addressing this dilemma in a comprehensive manner.

Click here for article | As part of the “Materialien”-series of the University of Vienna-Magazine Rudolphina, Nina Klimburg-Witjes and Kai Strycker answered Hanna Möller’s questions about space debris.