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Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:20:00 +0200

The URLs of all DLR RSS newsfeeds have changed. You may find an overview of these news feeds here: http://www.dlr.de/rss_en. The RSS feed of the Top News is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DLR_top_en. Please update your bookmarks and feedreader settings.

Wind and water have shaped Schiaparelli on Mars

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:00:00 +0100

The small crater embedded in the north-western rim of the Schiaparelli impact basin features prominently in this new image acquired by the DLR-operated High-Resolution Stereo Camera on ESA's Mars Express spacecraft. All around is evidence of water in the past and the strong Martian winds that blow periodically.

With 950,000 visitors, 'Out of this world' is most successful exhibition of the Ruhr.2010 project

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:00:00 +0100

The exhibition 'Out of this World – Wonders of the Solar System' will end on 30 December 2010. It has been the most successful exhibition held at the Gasometer in Oberhausen by far. The exhibition was opened on 2 April 2009 to mark the International Year of Astronomy. With roughly 430,000 visitors, it soon proved to be its most successful individual effort. Continued as an official RUHR.2010 project, the exhibition received more than 500,000 visitors during that year and became the culture capital project’s most successful exhibition.

DLR and NASA conclude bilateral framework agreement

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0100

The German Aerospace Center, DLR, and NASA concluded a framework agreement for bilateral cooperation in Washington D.C. on 8 December 2010. The agreement was signed by NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden and DLR Chairman Johann-Dietrich Wörner. The partners have also agreed to cooperate on lunar research through the Lunar Science Institute Agreement.

DLR and DNW open wind tunnel in Braunschweig

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:50:00 +0100

On 2 December 2010, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) opened the world's most powerful aero-acoustic wind tunnel in collaboration with German-Dutch Wind Tunnels (DNW). The Minister-President of Lower Saxony, David McAllister, inaugurated the Braunschweig aero-acoustic test centre.

First scientific flight for the SOFIA airborne observatory

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:40:00 +0100

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), has commenced scientific operations. SOFIA took off on its first scientific observation flight on 30 November 2010 at 19:34 local time, from the NASA Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, California. The subject of the night-time observations was the constellation of Orion, with its numerous, interesting star forming regions. The water vapour in Earth's atmosphere does not allow infrared light to pass through, making these observations carried out with SOFIA impossible from the ground.

Federal government approves new German Space Strategy

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:10:00 +0100

The German Federal Government adopted a new Space Strategy at its cabinet meeting on 30 November 2010. The paper defines the fundamentals of how the high-technology space sector is to develop over the next few years at a national level and in so doing, how it must respond to changing political and societal conditions on the domestic as well as international stages. The Strategy is being introduced by the German Ministry of Economics and Technology. The strategy paper was drafted jointly with the other ministries involved in space activities, and in consultation with scientific and business establishments such as the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

World premiere: Lufthansa first airline to use biofuel on commercial flights

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:30:00 +0100

At a joint press conference today, Lufthansa Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber, with Peter Hinze, Parliamentary State Secretary and Government Aerospace Coordinator, and Professor Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), presented a biofuel project planned by Lufthansa. The project is backed by the government within the framework of its aviation research programme aimed at underpinning the sustainability of air traffic.

"For me, the future starts today" - an interview with Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the DLR Executive Board

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 11:40:00 +0100

The German Aerospace Center's (DLR) highest management body, the Senate, will be in session on 25 November 2010 in Braunschweig for its Annual General Meeting. The DLR Executive Board will report to the Senate on the activities of the past year, important decisions will be taken and the direction for the coming year will be set out. On this occasion, we interviewed Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Chairman of the DLR Executive Board.

Successful premiere – German robotic arm completes its five-year ISS mission

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:30:00 +0100

Germany's first experiment in space robotics has now come to an end. On the evening of 15 November 2010, Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurichikhin and Oleg Skripochka performed a space walk during which they removed the Rokviss robotic arm developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) from the experimental platform on the Russian service module Svezda and took it inside the ISS.