Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is Germany's national research center for aerospace, energy, and transportation. Acting as the German space agency, DLR is responsible for planning and implementing the German space program on behalf of the federal government. DLR's activities include a wide range of space research, development of space technologies, and operation of research facilities, and it partners with organizations like ESA and various German federal ministries. Key areas of focus include Earth observation, planetary research, human spaceflight, and the development of reusable launch systems.
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The DLR is responsible for implementing the development work for Moon and Mars missions at the HECC.
The Human Exploration Control Center (HECC) will be built at the DLR site in Oberpfaffenhofen.
The DLR is investing an additional €20 million from institutional basic funding provided by the federal and state governments for the HECC.
The funding approval for the construction of the new control center was delivered to the DLR on 4 February 2026 by Bavarian Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder.
The HECC will be established at the DLR Oberpfaffenhofen as part of the National Space Operations Center (GSOC).
NASA partnered with the German Space Agency (DLR) on an upgrade to Orion’s radiation sensing capabilities for Artemis II.
GMV collaborated with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on requirements definition and systems engineering for Orion-related systems.
NASA selected 34 participants to voluntarily track the Orion spacecraft for Artemis II, including the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Telespazio, Intuitive Machines, universities, amateur radio groups, and private citizens.
The report recommends that Kazakhstan seek partnerships with Germany’s DLR Institute of Space Systems, UAE’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, South Korea’s Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), and Japan’s JAXA Tsukuba Space Center.
The first two missions were awarded under the German Aerospace Center’s Microlauncher Competition, funded through ESA’s Boost! Programme.
BIROS is developed and built by DLR's Institute for Optical Sensor Systems in Berlin-Adlershof, in collaboration with Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH.
The new agreement facilitates further collaboration between the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the German Space Agency to explore the feasibility of a potential joint project.
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) launched the Microlauncher Competition in May 2020 to advance sovereign launch capabilities with funding provided through the Boost! program of the European Space Agency.
The Onward and Upward flight will be the first Spectrum flight to carry payloads as part of the Microlauncher Competition run by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
The second Spectrum flight will be the first to carry payloads as part of Isar Aerospace's involvement with the DLR Microlauncher Challenge.
Payloads from the DLR Responsive Space Competence Center and the ZfT – Center for Telematics are no longer listed for Spectrum's debut flight.
The Swedish Space Corporation will support communications between space and ground through a partner ground station owned by the German Aerospace Center.
Connectivity during the PExT demonstration will be facilitated through SSC's partner ground station in Weilheim, Germany, owned by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
The Idefix® rover was developed jointly by CNES and the German space agency DLR.
Walther Pelzer is Director-General of the German Space Agency at DLR.