WACKEN OPEN AIR is expanding its 2025 festival program to include a space camp with partners from the fields of space travel and astronomy. Participants include the Astronomical Society (AG), the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR), the House of Astronomy (HdA), the University of Potsdam, the Committee on Radio Astronomy Frequencies (CRAF), Fraunhofer Aviation & Space, Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie (BDLI) , Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DGLR) and the space companies OHB and Polaris Spaceplanes. The MPIfR's contribution deals with the impact of terrestrial radio and light radiation on observational astronomy (Press Release AG, July 11, 2025, in German language).
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