For the two Earth observation satellites Kompsat-3 (launched in 2011) and Kompsat-3A (launched in 2013), DLR-OS was commissioned by the South Korean space agency KARI (Korea Aerospace Research ...

The Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWE) intends to fund aviation research projects (LuFo Klima VII-1) on the basis of the announcement for the funding of research and development projects ...

Last week, our colleague Dr. Stefan Baumgartner was awarded the „Otto-Lilienthal-Forschungssemesters 2024” during a scientific colloquium at the DLR Space Agency in Bonn. After receiving this ...

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 ...

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 LUNA facility is designed to replicate conditions on the lunar surface. The research centre will prepare astronauts and robots for missions to the Moon. The joint DLR and ESA endeavour makes use ...

The German radar satellites TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X have recorded all the stadiums of the 2024 European Football Championship several times at intervals of several days and weeks respectively.

The three-kilometre-thick ice sheet covering Mars's north pole is young, formed between 2 and 12 million years ago. The ice sheet is bending the rocky crust beneath at a rate of 0.13 millimetres per ...

On 20 April 2025, NASA's Lucy spacecraft will fly past asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson, which measures nearly four kilometres in diameter, at a distance of 960 kilometres. This serves as a dress ...

The PLATO space mission will use 26 cameras to search for Earth-like planets around 200,000 stars in the Milky Way, starting in late 2026. DLR is leading the PLATO payload consortium and supplying ...

DLR's MAPHEUS 15 research rocket has successfully launched. It marks the 600th launch from the Esrange rocket base in the north of Sweden. The rocket carried 21 scientific experiments onboard. Focus: ...

As part of the oLAF project, DLR has been investigating intelligent load control systems for aircraft. These systems make aircraft more efficient and comfortable for passengers by detecting wind gusts ...