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 first focused radar image was generated by DLR scientists at the DLR Institute for High-Frequency Technology and Radar Systems in Oberpfaffenhofen at 16:20 hours on May 22, 2025.
Das Abkommen zwischen DLR und NASA betrifft die Forschung zur Weltraumstrahlung, die Gesundheitsrisiken für Menschen im All birgt.
Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen DLR und NASA wird mit dem Nachfolger M-42 EXT fortgesetzt.
MARE ist ein gemeinsames Projekt des DLR, StemRad, NASA, Lockheed Martin und der israelischen Weltraumagentur ISA.
Walther Peltzer is the director general of the German Space Agency at DLR.
The DLR Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics is conducting an experiment on human positional awareness in microgravity and increased gravity levels.
The 44th parabolic flight campaign by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) runs from June 10 to June 13, 2025.
The instruments developed by the DLR Institute for Space Research are onboard more than 20 national and international space missions.
The DLR Institute for Space Research will continue to lead the scientific consortium of the ESA project PLATO.
The decision to merge the two DLR institutes for Optical Sensor Systems and Planetary Research was made by the DLR Supervisory Board in March 2024.
The DLR Institute for Space Research was established on May 1, 2025, from the merger of the DLR institutes for Optical Sensor Systems and Planetary Research.
The DLR Institute for Space Research is located in Berlin-Adlershof.
The DLR Institute for Space Research will employ approximately 300 employees.
The DLR Institute for Space Research develops cameras, spectrometers, radiometers, and laser altimeters across the entire spectral range in close cooperation with industry.
The DLR Institute for Space Research contributes to the German space strategy and the scientific and exploration programs of the European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, and JAXA.
The DLR Institute for Space Research covers the entire process chain from research ideas to instrument design, construction, verification, operational operation, processing, scientific evaluation, and archiving of data.
The ESA planetary missions BepiColombo to Mercury and JUICE to Jupiter utilize instruments developed at the DLR Institute for Space Research.
The DLR Institute for Space Research supports security tasks with its optical instruments for research and operational missions.
Prof. Heike Rauer will advise the DLR Board on ESA matters and enhance collaboration with Freie Universität Berlin in planetary geophysics.
Prof. Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers has been appointed to lead the DLR Institute for Space Research from May 1, 2025.