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DLR and Dassault Aviation agree on cooperation in aerospace research

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:41:34 +0200

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the French aerospace company Dassault Aviation intend to join forces in aerospace research. At the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget on 18 June 2013, both partners adopted a joint declaration.

MicrOmega on MASCOT: Preparing to visit an asteroid

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:49:14 +0200

It will be a first: in 2018 the Japanese Hayabusa 2 Mission will feature an asteroid landing and will, for the first time, allow for data acquisition at various points of this kind of celestial body, assisted by MASCOT, the hopping landing craft developed by DLR.

DLR at the Paris Air Show 2013 in Le Bourget

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:18:35 +0200

Future developments in space travel and aviation are the main reasons why the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is attending the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget. From 17 - 23 June 2013 DLR will be present with 12 exhibits on a stand shared with the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI).

ADS-B over satellite – first aircraft tracking from space

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:14:07 +0200

An A320 overflying Scotland was the first aircraft 'seen' from space by a new receiver from the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), proving that tracking aircraft from space is possible.

Solar activity reduces radiation exposure in the air

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:42:18 +0200

At present, the Sun is very active – a surface covered with sunspots, frequent ejections of matter and a stronger solar wind blowing towards Earth. In the meantime, however, radiation exposure at aircraft cruising altitudes has reduced.

Successful premiere – STEREX video shows ATV-4 in orbit

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:42:02 +0200

A special passenger was on board during the launch of ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), 'Albert Einstein', on 5 June 2013 at 23:52 CEST – the STEREX experiment, funded by the DLR Space Administration and the European Space Agency (ESA).

Always looking to the sky – DLR and CIEMAT commission a meteorological station for solar power plants

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:38:05 +0200

How much solar energy reaches a power plant? Is the Sun often obscured by dust or other atmospheric particles? Power station operators need a great deal of meteorological data before deciding on the location of a new power plant.