DLR Portal - Cologne

A solar research and test centre for Morocco

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:26:52 +0200

The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) is devising plans for a solar power research and test centre in Morocco on behalf of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen).

Training sessions for the Philae comet lander

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:07:37 +0100

The original Philae comet lander has been travelling through space since 2 March 2004. It is currently in hibernation mode, awaiting its arrival at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. But the Philae models on the ground are being put through their paces: they are being tested to breaking point and examined by DLR.

Researching helicopter engine noise

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:00:00 +0100

For the first time, researchers at DLR have been able to carry out noise measurements inside a helicopter engine. To do so, researchers from the Division of Engine Acoustics at the DLR Institute of Propulsion Technology in Berlin used new hot gas microphone probes specially designed for investigating the processes responsible for noise generation.

TerraSAR-X image of the month – A game of mirrors

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:58:26 +0100

2153 mirrors twist and turn at DLR Experimental Solar Thermal Power Plant in Jülich, directing sunlight onto a 22-square-metre receiver. TerraSAR-X, the German radar satellite operated by DLR, can also detect the mirrors as they follow the Sun – from more than 500 kilometres above Earth.

DLR software unites aircraft engineers

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:09:08 +0100

Many disciplines are involved in the design and development of an aircraft. To obtain the best combination of wings, fuselage and engines, researchers must work closely together and share their expertise effectively.

MAPHEUS-3: Flight-testing furnaces in microgravity

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:58:47 +0100

There are very few ways of conducting experiments without the influence of Earth's gravity. One of these platforms became available on 25 November 2012, when a rocket was launched from the Swedish Esrange Space Center in Kiruna.

DLR Cologne

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:40:00 +0100

DLR has its headquaters in Cologne. The site is located next to Cologne-Bonn airport. Approximately 1,500 employees work in the institutes and facilities and in the central administration.

Guided tour of DLR site Cologne

Sat, 27 Jul 2002 15:20:00 +0200

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Cologne offers interested groups the opportunity to learn more about DLR and its research through a 2.5-hour scientific presentation.