Alan Shepard, der 1961 als erster Amerikaner ins All geflogen war, startet zusammen mit Ed Mitchell und Stuart Roosa zum Mond. Diesmal wartet man beim Start, bis eine Gewitterfront abgezogen ist – ...

With its satellites as well as control and data receiving infrastructure and numerous research aircraft, its various recording and evaluation procedures and its special simulation environments, DLR ...

The DLR Institute of Communications and Navigation is dedicated to mission-oriented research in selected areas of communications and navigation. Its work ranges from the theoretical foundations to the ...

The Research under Space Conditions programme concerns itself primarily with investigations in the fields of materials science, plasma physics, medicine and the life sciences. The comparison of ...

Space exploration focuses on the formation and evolution of the Solar System and fundamental questions about the origin and existence of life in the universe. Planets, dwarf planets, moons, asteroids ...

The research and development activities carried out by DLR in the Space Transportation programme aim to improve existing launch vehicles, pave the way for future systems and ensure that they continue ...

A network of varying devices enables navigation and communication in uncharted terrain. The decentralised radio system requires no infrastructure. Various exploration scenarios have been successfully ...

In the framework of the PEGASUS project, DLR, together with partners from industry and research institutions, is developing concepts for autonomous car transport. This project will make good use of ...

Aviation connects billions of people, fostering intercultural understanding and the exchange of experiences and knowledge. It connects companies around the globe and is the backbone of time-dependent ...

DLR tailors its Earth observation activities to the current and future scientific, societal, political and economic challenges posed by global processes and changes. Earth observation using remote ...

Having access to affordable and readily available energy is a key foundation of highly developed economies. It is fundamentally important to Germany as an economic hub and underpins prosperity in ...

Deutschlandweit ist das DLR an den 30 Standorten Köln (Sitz des Vorstands), Aachen, Aachen-Merzbrück, Augsburg, Berlin, Bonn, Braunschweig, Bremen, Bremerhaven ...