A huge heart made of flowers will delight thousands of children The Children’s Heart Foundation, Rieger-Hofmann GmbH and the German Space Agency at DLR are jointly setting an example for ...

A big future for compact orbiters Small satellites are considered to be one of the main drivers of the dynamic future space market. According to studies, more than 15,000 satellites ...

Testing antimicrobial surfaces Microorganisms exist wherever where humans are found. And humans spread them everywhere – on the International Space Station ISS as well. Long-term stays of astronauts on a ...

Technologies from spaceflight facilitate work in many situations in everyday life and also in research. Experts refer to ‘spin-offs’ when technology developments from space research are used on Earth, and ...

Return to the Moon with German expertise Under the leadership of the US space agency NASA, the Artemis programme is intended to be the next great leap forward in western ...

Modern life is no longer possible without space technologies What would happen if all the satellites orbiting Earth stopped working? In short, global chaos would ensue. Satellites have long been ...

Investigating concrete in space, reducing emissions on Earth How does freshly poured concrete behave in microgravity? And how can this contribute towards environmental protection on Earth? In early February 2022, ...

Technology demonstrator for the development of innovative engine concepts As part of the LUMEN (Liquid Upper Stage Demonstrator Engine) project, DLR researchers are developing a pump-fed liquid oxygen (LOX) and ...

Humankind’s largest ‘outpost’ in space It is the size of a football pitch, weighs approximately 480 tonnes and has an interior volume comparable to that of a 747 jumbo jet. ...

Pioneering work in satellite communications The Heinrich Hertz mission has several ambitious goals. One of them is to test new technologies for satellite communications, to confirm their suitability for use ...

German ‘radar eye’ makes satellites safer Activity in space continues to increase. Several thousand satellites, spacecraft and other objects orbit Earth at altitudes of between 300 and 3000 kilometres. In ...

Europe’s satellite navigation system at the service of its citizens The Galileo system consists of two elements – a constellation of satellites in space and a network of ground stations ...