Tripartite agreement on cooperation for the MMX mission signed by JAXA, CNES and DLR. As part of the MMX mission, the German-French rover IDEFIX will land on the Martian moon Phobos. The Japanese MMX ...

The German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the US space agency NASA are continuing their gravity field measurements from space with the 'Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment - ...

Solar panel maps for the whole of Germany can aid policy makers. The model identifies the orientation of roofs and determines potential energy output based on the hours of sunshine. All publicly ...

Delivery: DLR completes the CFRP structure of the MMX rover including the uprighting and propulsion mechanism. DLR will provide two instruments, a radiometer and a Raman spectrometer, as well as the ...

The world's first in-flight measurements of contrails from a hydrogen-powered turbojet engine have been conducted. The measurements provide new insights into the climate impact of contrails produced ...

Swedish ESA astronaut Marcus Wandt controls various robotic systems on Earth from the ISS for the 'Surface Avatar' experiment. The researchers want to use the experiment to find out how time delays ...

In the run-up to this year's JEC World's Leading Trade Fair for Composite Materials in Paris, the prototype of a sustainable house wall developed in the BMBF-funded DACCUSS-Pre project was honoured.

On 26 September 2023, the DLR Robotics and Mechatronics Center in Oberpfaffenhofen opened its Moon-Mars test site. Among other things, the test site allows researchers to test their exploration robots ...

The Mars Express mission, Europe's first interplanetary mission, and all of its experiments continue to function almost perfectly after 20 years of scientific operations. The High Resolution Stereo ...

A laser clock developed by DLR has achieved a record level of accuracy for optical clocks, with a deviation of just one second every 30 million years. Laser clocks are set to improve satellite ...

The German government has launched the 'Small Satellite Initiative' to strengthen the German space industry and promote small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and, in particular, start-ups in the ...

Whether in science, technology or administration – DLR offers exciting tasks for different talents at Würselen (StädteRegion Aachen). DLR has successfully conducted the first flight of the HyBird ...