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Prof. Dr. Felix Huber
Director Space Operations and Astronaut Training, Oberpfaffenhofen-Wessling

DLR Space Operations is the central institution for spaceflight operations in Germany. This responsibility includes satellite missions for Earth observation, communication and reconaissance missions as well as for the exploration of the solar system and human spaceflight missions. Furthermore, Astronauts are trained, space experiments are prepared and sounding rockets are developed and launched from sites around the world. Eventually, DLR works on new technologies, such as on-orbit-servicing in order to master even the most difficult space projects of the future.

In close cooperation with other DLR institutions and together with public and industrial partners, DLR Space Operations plays a major role for spaceflight in Europe. Here, groundbreaking space projects are realised and new ideas for spaceflight of tomorrow are developed. As a versatile interface between technology, operations and utilisation, DLR Space Operations serves as an important venue for everyone involved in spaceflight and the general public.

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An insight into the German Space Operations Center (GSOC)

  

10.05.2013 - REXUS 13 und 14 - Studenten starten Experimente zu Weltraummüll und -strahlung


Wie kann Weltraummüll schneller entsorgt werden? Wie ist das Weltraumwetter? Am 9. Mai 2013 startete um 6.00 Uhr MESZ vom Raumfahrtzentrum Esrange bei Kiruna in Schweden die REXUS-13-Forschungsrakete mit vier Studenten-Experimenten an Bord, um diese und andere Fragen zu klären.
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30.04.2013 - Preparation for Germany's ISS Mission


Visit of the German astronaut Alexander Gerst at the Columbus control center Col-CC of DLR
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25.04.2013 - Astronaut and guinea pig - all in one


1993, während der zweiten deutschen Spacelab-Mission D2, umkreiste Astronaut Hans Schlegel 160 Mal die Erde und führte dabei als Nutzlastspezialist die zahlreichen internationalen Experimente durch. Für Schlegel war es der erste Flug ins Weltall. Im Interview erinnert er sich 20 Jahre später daran, wie die Mission startete, welche Experimente ihm in besonderer Erinnerung geblieben sind und wie die Arbeit im Weltraum-Labor ist.
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26.04.2013 - Wie funktionieren Gleichgewichtssinn und Satelliten in Schwerelosigkeit?


Elf Experimente und über 100 Wissenschaftler bei der 22. DLR-Parabelflugkampagne in Bordeaux Es ist eine europaweit einzigartige Forschungsplattform - der umgebaute Airbus A300 Zero G der französischen Firma Novespace. Von seinem Heimatflughafen in Bordeaux aus ist das Flugzeug am 23., 24. und 25. April 2013 mit jeweils 35 Wissenschaftlern und elf Experimenten an Bord Richtung Atlantik gestartet.
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26.04.2013 - D2 mission 20 years ago - clawed frogs and crystals in microgravity


"Go for Spacelab activities," confirmed NASA Mission Control Center on 26 April 1993 at 18:51 CET. German astronauts Hans Schlegel and Ulrich Walter and their United States colleagues had to wait almost two months until, with this command, the D2 mission could finally begin.
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22.04.2013 - Nachhaltigkeit im All
19.04.2013 - Lift-off - mini-ecosystem and mini-satellites en route to space
12.04.2013 - TEXUS 50 – Anniversary for Germany's sounding rocket programme
02.04.2013 - Studying human skin in space – Soyuz mission takes SKIN B to the ISS
21.03.2013 - Technology Experiments in Space: Latest from TET
18.03.2013 - Training sessions for the Philae comet lander
11.03.2013 - TerraSAR-X image of the month – A game of mirrors
01.03.2013 - Elektronische Spürnase E-Nose

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