On 20 May 2026, the DLR celebrated the laying of the keel for its first ship.

For the experiment conducted by the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, a device has been developed that can melt lunar regolith under vacuum using laser radiation over an area ...

The German Space Agency at DLR's 46th parabolic flight campaign is taking place from 11 to 22 May 2026 in Bordeaux, France. During the campaign, eight experiments from German research institutions are ...

Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chair of the DLR Executive Board, places the lucky coin beneath the first module of MODULARIS.

From left: Manuel Ortuño, Lloyd's Register; Frank Mallon, Managing Director of FSG Shipyard; Thorsten Rönner, Managing Director of Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven; Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chair of the DLR ...

Using the nadir channel, which is directed perpendicular to the Martian surface, and one of the oblique stereo channels of the HRSC camera, ‘anaglyph’ images can be generated. When viewed with ...

Outside the O'Higgins German Antarctic Receiving Station (GARS O'Higgins), penguins are nesting and using the big satellite antenna and its pedestal as a windbreak. Inside, German Aerospace Center ...

In a large variety of fields, the development of ever more demanding optical systems now requires a thorough understanding of the impact of atmospheric turbulence together with the development of ...

DLR's HRSC (High Resolution Stereo Camera) onboard Mars Express captures the Martian surface from multiple angles using its nine sensors. From these, the DLR Institute of Space Research and the ...

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 - ...

Am vergangenen Wochenende sind am östlichen Sonnenhorizont mehrere besonders aktive Sonnenfleckenregionen erschienen. Zusammengenommen erreichen sie eine Größe, die mit der jener Sonnenfleckenregion ...

Space radiation poses a significant health risk during long-duration astronaut missions. To develop protective solutions, comprehensive and consistent radiation data is required from beyond low-Earth ...