DLR Portal - Bonn

Successful premiere – STEREX video shows ATV-4 in orbit

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:40:00 +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).

Technology Experiments in Space: Latest from TET

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:00:00 +0100

Temperatures alternating between extreme heat and cold, electromagnetic radiation and weightlessness – environmental conditions prevailing in space are harsh. Nevertheless, satellite components and those of the International Space Station ISS and other systems must withstand these conditions and continue to function reliably. Within the national "On-Orbit-Verification"-(OOV)-Programme- the Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) is testing the maturity of space technologies under real condtitions in their intended space environment. The core element of this programme is the small satellite TET-1 built by the prime contractor Kayser-Threde GmbH of Munich.

DLR cooperating with Polish space research centre; universities jointly developing two small satellites

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:30:00 +0200

Poland is the official partner country of the ILA Berlin Air Show 2012, and is in the process of becoming the twentieth member state of the European Space Agency (ESA).

Valles Marineris Explorer – using a robotic swarm to explore Mars

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:10:00 +0200

Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system in the Solar System and a potential refuge for extraterrestrial life, is 7000 metres deep and stretches for some 4000 kilometres along the Martian equator.

SCIAMACHY - 10 years monitoring climate in space

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:10:00 +0100

How has our ozone layer changed in the last 10 years? How do trace gases like nitrous oxides, carbon dioxide and methane influence our climate? How do environmental protection measures work? These were the questions that German researchers sought to address.

Searching for life in the depths of Enceladus

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:10:00 +0100

Is there life under the icy crust of Enceladus? If Europe's plans for a future mission to Enceladus do become reality, German researchers would like to study this water source for traces of life.

Germany and China - joint experiments in space

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:30:00 +0100

On 31 October at 22:58 CET (on 1 November at 05:58 local time), the Chinese spaceship Shenzhou-8 was launched on board a Long March rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia.

A promoter of industry with a green thumb: Gerd Gruppe, Director of DLR Space Administration

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:50:00 +0200

On 1 April 2011, Gerd Gruppe joined the DLR Executive Board as Director of Space Administration in Bonn. An interim report after three months in office offers an opportunity to reflect on priorities and weightlessness, deep-shaft and opencast mining, and on basic research and applications.

DLR Bonn

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:30:00 +0100

DLR in Bonn is the headquarters of the German Space Agency. It is responsible for managing national space activities on behalf of the federal government. Furthermore, several offices of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) are located here.