https://spacewatch.global/tag/german-bundeswehr/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:16:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/german-bundeswehr/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/10/esa-astronauts-complete-helicopter-training-in-preparation-for-future-lunar-missions/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68441 Four ESA astronauts have completed a helicopter training course with the German Bundeswehr, Germany’s federal defense forces, marking a key milestone in Europe’s preparations for future missions to the Moon and operations on the lunar surface. ESA astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet participated in a three-week training program at the International Helicopter Training Center in Bückeburg, Germany. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/polaris-receives-bundeswehr-contract-for-spaceplane-demonstrator/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 07:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39923 The German Bundeswehr (Federal Defense) has awarded Polaris a contract to build and flight-test a scaled demonstrator of its Aurora space launch and hypersonic system, Polaris reported. The vehicle is a downscaled version of the future spaceplane powered by a reusable liquid-fuel rocket engine.]]>