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DLR_en: Great video by @mikeolbinski of a Supercell Thunderstorm Over Texas: http://t.co/6l2MlCvMUt / via @apod (MT)

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DLR_en: #DLR and Dassault Aviation signing a joint declaration on cooperation at Paris Air Show http://t.co/xgYLlO3Ssy #aeronautics #aerospace

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DLR_en: RT @smarcu: Nice presentation of @dlr_de! (@ Paris Air Show 2013 w/ 22 others) [pic]: http://t.co/MPv1em2F6e

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DLR_en: .@NASA announces new astronaut class of 4 women & 4 men: http://t.co/xupTRv3fhv #EqualOpportunity #yes

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DLR_en: RT @astro_luca: Waiting for “Albert Einstein” to arrive. Aspettando l’arrivo di “Albert Einstein”. #ATV4 http://t.co/ZZwzC474MZ

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DLR_en: Good Morning! Let's take a look at #Mercury from afar, taken by @NASA's #Messenger mission http://t.co/WK3rNE9F2J (MT)

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DLR_en: MicrOmega on MASCOT: Preparing to visit an asteroid http://t.co/KxsXxeQeuN #DLR #CNES

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DLR_en: RT @NASA_Astronauts: Google+ hangout today at 4 pm ET. #askNASA about 2013 astronaut candidates, training and selection process. http://t.c…

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DLR_en: #DLR at the Paris Air Show 2013 in Le Bourget http://t.co/J9a3llIanQ

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DLR_en: Did you see? @wikipedia's article on #Ariane5 has great @creativecommons licensed photos by DLR's Thilo Kranz http://t.co/inDQ4h3ne1 (MT/FW)

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DLR_en: Great video remix of "Elevation" by @ESA and californian hip hop outfit @uglyduckling on #ATV4 http://t.co/ZfhNlFyKuI (MT)

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DLR_en: DLR booth in lebourget, paris air show... http://t.co/lbk4P5vWcN via @antertainer

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DLR_en: RT @esa: Welcome to #ISS Albert! RT @esaoperations: #ATV4 HOOKS CLOSED - Europe's cargo vessel now properly mated to #Station

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DLR_en: MT:Researchers @ German Aerospace Center confirm: #Solar activity reduces radiation exposure in the air http://t.co/5jHN4XDgiY via @gcri_ny

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DLR_en: RT @esa: Whole different meaning to inflight meal. Buon appetito! RT @astro_luca: Never has a steak been so light to digest. http://t.co/ha…

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DLR_en: RT @NASA_EO: The gravity-sensing GRACE mission will be featured on the Weather Channel's "Secrets of the Earth" Thurs @ 8:30 EDT http://t.c…

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DLR_en: ADS-B over satellite – first aircraft tracking from space http://t.co/9mmVLHDH9o #DLR

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DLR_en: RT @astro_luca: Our window on the world... La nostra finestra sul mondo... #Cupola #Volare http://t.co/SWAC6bFSxi

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DLR_en: Solar activity reduces radiation exposure in the air http://t.co/6ymhFtutr0 #DLR

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DLR_en: Exciting! Made In Space? 3-D Printer Fit for Microgravity http://t.co/2iSXqKXGN4 (KR)

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Sonnenaktivität reduziert Strahlenexposition am Himmel

Solar activity reduces radiation exposure in the air

12 June 2013

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.

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

6 June 2013

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.

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Jan Woerners Blog
The 'European' Pandora's Box

05. June 2013

<img align="right" alt="" src="http://www.dlr.de/blogs/en/ResourceImage.aspx?raid=272492">Unfortunately, the debate regarding the relationship between the European Space Agency (<a href="http://www.esa.int/">ESA</a>) and the European Union (<a href="http://europa.eu/index_en.htm">EU</a>) continues, although the essential aspects have been clarified and the integration of ESA into the EU is off the table – not just for legal reasons. The myth of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_box">Pandora's Box</a> tells the story of how Zeus gave Pandora a box with the instruction that it should be passed on to other people, but never be opened. However, Pandora opened the box, from which vices and bad habits escaped …

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Jan Woerners Blog
From a 'cold potato' to a 'dead horse' …

22. May 2013

<img align="right" alt="ESA und EU" src="http://www.dlr.de/blogs/en/ResourceImage.aspx?raid=272027">Some time ago, in this blog, I wrote about a <a href="http://www.dlr.de/blogs/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-5896/9578_read-602/">heated debate concerning a 'cold potato'</a>; back then, I discussed the relationship between the European Space Agency (<a href="http://www.esa.int/">ESA</a>) and the European Union (<a href="http://europa.eu/index_en.htm">EU</a>). Germany does not support the current efforts to integrate ESA into the EU. We consider an intergovernmental European Space Agency to be necessary for a sustainable way of working. Time has passed, and the 'cold potato' has become a 'dead horse'. It has been clear for some time that this integration is not only illogical, but also unworkable.

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