Living science at the DLR Institute of Communications and Navigation We are a young, international team of scientists, junior staff and support personnel. We want to shape technological development in ...

Space Tech Expo Europe is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Bremen, Germany, from 18 to 20 November. DLR will once again be participating with one of the largest exhibition booths in Hall 5, Stand ...

On 1 November 2025, Tina Comes assumed the scientific co-leadership of the Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures at the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

The two rovers LRU2 (left) and LRU1 working in the LUNA facility. LRU2 uses its robotic arm to position the LIBS (Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) device housed in the gold-coloured box. LIBS ...

In the LUNA facility, a network of cables were laid across the surface and underground. Tiny deformations in the network can be used to detect subsurface structures. Researchers tested instruments and ...

Ernst Messerschmid conducted numerous experiments during the mission. The orbiter encircled Earth 112 times. After seven days in space, the astronauts flew back to Earth on 11 November 1985.

The Red Kite rocket motor was rolled to the launch pad on a special trolley, raised into a vertical position and then installed.

The composition of rocks is also relevant to the search for water. Researchers use a special spectrometer for detection, requiring the rovers to recognise and examine the rocks. Researchers tested ...

Sea ice off the coast of Greenland. The data acquisition for this image was performed by TanDEM-X on 2 August 2010, using ScanSAR mode with a swath width of 100 kilometres.

When two satellites travel together into space on an Ariane 5 launcher, the two 'guests' are separated by a special structure that connects them independently to the launch vehicle. SYstème de ...

Arabidopsis seedlings in BIOLAB containers; wild-type left, right, mutant ...

DLR's HRSC stereo camera on Mars Express captures the Martian surface from different angles. Using this data, the DLR Institute of Space Research and the Planetology Department of the Free University ...