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Project BALIS – DLR is developing and testing fuel cells in the megawatt range for air transport

January 21, 2021
With its BALIS project, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is developing the world's first fuel cell powertrain for aircraft with an output in the megawatt range. In doing so, DLR is taking another step towards making hydrogen-powered, emission-free flight possible.
Back to Venus armed with laboratory findings

January 15, 2021
Venus's impenetrable atmosphere has long made it difficult to conduct a thorough investigation of our neighbouring planet. In a step forward, by conducting laboratory experiments scientists from DLR have now developed a way of determining the nature of the planet's surface using new instruments from orbit.
The Mars 'Mole' has reached the end of its journey

January 14, 2021
For two years, the Mars 'Mole' has endeavoured to dig ever deeper into the Martian soil. Now its journey has come to an end. Until recently, scientists and engineers at DLR and JPL had been working to get the mole to dig to a target depth of five metres.
Mobility without particulates

January 13, 2021
The environment is polluted not only by exhaust gases from internal combustion engines, but also by particulate matter. In the transport sector, particulate matter is produced during the combustion process and in the abrasion of tyres and brakes.
Why do some regions on the dwarf planet Ceres appear blue?

January 12, 2021
This month marks the 220th anniversary of the discovery of the first asteroid. During the night of 1–2 January 1801, Giuseppe Piazzi, the director of Palermo Astronomical Observatory, noticed a 'star' on the shoulder of the bull-shaped constellation, Taurus.
DLR study investigates mobility in the renewed lockdown

December 23, 2020
How has mobility behaviour in Germany changed since the renewed coronavirus lockdown? The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has investigated this topic in a study.
Hydrogen power plants with no carbon dioxide emissions – research and industry drive market viability

December 21, 2020
The German Federal Government has declared that its aim for the energy transition is to halt the use of fossil fuels by 2050. Gas-fired power are important for facilitating the move from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy.
NASA and DLR strengthen cooperation

December 17, 2020
On 17 December 2020, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) extended their framework agreement on bilateral cooperation for a further ten years.
Season's greetings from Mars

December 17, 2020
These images, recently acquired by DLR's HRSC instrument show dune fields and several periglacial formations in the southern polar region of Mars.
NASA guest scientist set to spend a year at DLR’s EDEN ISS Antarctic greenhouse for the first time

December 16, 2020
The EDEN ISS greenhouse, developed by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), has been in Antarctica since 2018.
Leaving for Antarctica to investigate space greenhouse technologies

December 16, 2020
Guest researcher Jess Bunchek from NASA's Kennedy Space Center will stay in Antarctica for a year from the end of January 2021 and live at the German Neumayer III Station, which is operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI).
German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer will fly to the ISS in autumn 2021

December 14, 2020
The day will finally arrive in the autumn of 2021. The space agencies of the US, Russia, Japan, Canada and Europe have announced that Matthias Maurer will become the latest German astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA) to fly to the International Space Station (ISS).
VESTEC – interactive supercomputing for rapid decision-making in emergency situations

December 11, 2020
Since 2018, the number of forest fires has risen worldwide. There have been more than 1500 forest fires in Germany alone in each of the last three years.
Space research assists humanitarian aid efforts on Earth

December 10, 2020
New technologies are in great demand for alleviating hunger around the world, providing rapid relief in disaster situations and achieving sustainability goals.
The DLR 'Galileo Masters' has a winner

December 9, 2020
The theme of this year's Galileo Masters 2020 was 'Mission High Precision'. The organisers were looking for innovative, application-oriented technology and solutions for Galileo and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).
New Institute for Artificial Intelligence Security at DLR

December 3, 2020
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is planning to set up an Institute for Artificial Intelligence Security at its Sankt Augustin and Ulm sites.
Capsule with asteroid samples scheduled to land in Australia this weekend

December 3, 2020
In the evening of 5 December 2020 (CET), for the first time ever, samples from an asteroid that crosses Earth’s orbit are expected to arrive on Earth.
Our galaxy in 3D: Gaia satellite mission maps the Milky Way

December 3, 2020
The Gaia mission is engaged in an ambitious project – the creation of the most extensive and accurate star catalogue of all time.
DLRmagazine 166 – Next stop: the future

December 2, 2020
From fundamental research to prototyping: this issue of the DLRmagazine presents new vehicle concepts such as the Safe Light Regional Vehicle, the first model of which is already on the road.
Research initiative pioneers sustainable flight

November 24, 2020
For the aviation industry, 'business as usual' is simply not an option when it comes to emissions. The goal is to make flying so green that it has almost no adverse environmental impact. To realise this transformation, research institutions from 13 countries have joined forces to form the 'Zero Emission Aviation' (ZEMA) Group.
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Facts and figures

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78

Institute of System Dynamics and Control: number of employees (2019)
9,69

9

Female
9,69

69

Male

Facts / Transport

24,46,19

89

Transport – Revenues 2019 (Data in million euro)
24,46,19

24

Transport systems – Revenues 2019 (Data in million euro)
24,46,19

46

Rail transport – Revenues 2019 (Data in million euro)
24,46,19

19

Road traffic – Revenues 2019 (Data in million euro)

Facts / Aeronautics

166,50,56,22

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Aeronautics – Revenues 2019 (Data in million euro)
166,50,56,22

166

Fixed-wing aircraft research – Revenues 2019 (Data in million euro)
166,50,56,22

50

Propulsion systems – Revenues 2019 (Data in million euro)
166,50,56,22

56

Air Traffic Management and Flight Experiments – Revenues 2019 (Data in million euro)
166,50,56,22

22

Rotary-wing aircraft research – Revenues 2019 (Data in million euro)

Facts / Space

106,100

206

Institute of Aerospace Medicine: number of employees (2019)
106,100

106

Female
106,100

100

Male

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