Sternenwärts – Die Zukunft der Raumfahrt

This non-fiction book looks beyond the current astronautical space travel and into an exciting future. What awaits us after the International Space Station (ISS)? More than you might think! Numerous companies are already working on private space stations for low Earth orbit.

Innovative technologies such as inflatable modules and modular constructions made up of multiple components are at the forefront. The transport vehicles for these new space stations are also in the pipeline. Emerging spacefaring nations like China and India are playing an increasingly significant role in this development.

Plans for the next lunar missions are taking concrete shape: NASA and SpaceX aim to transform the Moon into a permanently manned outpost of humanity using the Orion capsule and Starship.

Mars is the next big target for manned flights – for both NASA and SpaceX, as well as other companies. However, the red planet is just a stop on the journey to make humanity a species that lives on multiple celestial bodies and eventually becomes a star-faring civilization.

With generation ships, where people are born, live, work, and die, the first volunteers will one day embark on the journey to new worlds.