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China, the European Union and the United Kingdom operate the largest number of offshore wind farms

August 11, 2022
The European Union (EU), China and the United Kingdom (UK) operate the largest number of offshore wind farms in the world. This information is the result of an analysis of satellite data by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR).
‘Boarding’ for the Artemis I mission – Helga and Zohar are ready for their flight to the Moon

August 10, 2022
Three mannequins, a beagle and a sheep fly around the Moon in a giant rocket … extraordinary, isn’t it? This special crew is part of NASA’s Artemis I mission, scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 29 August 2022.
Call for proposals for the development of quantum computers based on neutral atoms

August 1, 2022
Prototype quantum computers with a number of different architectures are to be developed over the next four years as part of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Quantum Computing Initiative.
Research partners lay the groundwork for European search engines

July 28, 2022
The OpenWebSearch.EU project is aimed at developing an open European infrastructure for web search. DLR is working with 13 European research and computing centres on the project, which is intended to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty and promote an open and fair search engine market.
Analysing the contrails of the future

July 20, 2022
Contrails are generated as a result of aircraft emissions. They could amplify the greenhouse effect in the form of long-lasting ice clouds. The soot particles from jet fuel combustion act as particularly strong condensation nuclei for cloud formation in the part of the atmosphere where cold air is present.
DLR inaugurates the Johannes Kepler Observatory

July 20, 2022
With the Johannes Kepler Observatory, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has a unique research and development station.
Unequal siblings: Ius and Tithonium Chasma

July 20, 2022
When NASA's Mariner 9 spacecraft reached Mars more than 50 years ago at the end of 1971 and began to explore the planet from orbit, there was initially great disappointment at the control centre: virtually nothing could be seen in the images sent to Earth.
DLR to investigate dust from asteroid Ryugu

July 12, 2022
Between June 2018 and November 2019, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 examined asteroid Ryugu, which is just under one kilometre in size, at close range. The spacecraft came into contact with Ryugu twice and collected samples from the asteroid's surface.
Robotics team practises lunar exploration on Mount Etna

July 1, 2022
Robots can enter areas that are dangerous for or inaccessible to humans. They can even explore other planets – or the Moon. This has now been demonstrated on Mount Etna, a volcano in Italy.
Developing new aircraft faster with digitalisation

June 29, 2022
The initial project for the digitalised development of control surfaces for future aircraft wings has now been successfully completed at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Virtual Product House (VPH).
Successful high-speed flight experiments with new sounding rocket configuration

June 28, 2022
Reusable launch systems are exposed to high dynamic and thermo-mechanical loads during their return to Earth. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has now successfully tested high temperature structures, advanced measurement techniques and design tools for the re-entry phase with the STORT flight experiment.
Specialist conference showcases the spacecraft and propulsion systems of tomorrow

June 22, 2022
From 19 to 23 June 2022, around 300 international experts from research institutes, space agencies and industry gathered at the '2nd International Conference on Flight Vehicles, Aerothermodynamics and Re-entry Missions and Engineering' or FAR 2022 conference in Heilbronn, Germany. The main topic of discussion was 'Sustainable space, the keystone to the future'.
Go-ahead for second round of microlauncher payload competition

June 20, 2022
On 20 June 2022, the German Space Agency at DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) launched the second round of its competition for zero-cost flights of small satellites on microlaunchers developed and constructed in Germany.
Robotics highlights at automatica 2022

June 20, 2022
From 21 to 24 June, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is presenting highlights of its robotics research at automatica 2022 in Munich, the leading trade fair for intelligent automation and robotics.
#PioneeringAerospace – Addressing climate change with aerospace technologies

June 15, 2022
The theme of ILA Berlin 2022 is #PioneeringAerospace. From 22 to 26 June, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will be present at the largest aerospace trade fair in the EU, exhibiting groundbreaking technologies for emission-free air transport.
German radar satellite TerraSAR-X – 15 years in space and still in perfect shape

June 14, 2022
Fifteen years – who would have thought it? The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X, which was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 08:14 local time on 15 June 2007, was originally designed to last five and a half years – until the end of 2012.
One step closer to understanding the Milky Way

June 13, 2022
Unravelling the mysteries of the Milky Way and mapping it in the process is one of the main goals of the Gaia mission.
Smartphone technology provides satellites with increased computing power

June 13, 2022
Reliable and powerful computers play a central role in spaceflight – for example, computer systems in satellites enable sophisticated Earth observation missions.
Mars in colour – the Aonia Terra region

June 8, 2022
Mars, Earth's neighbouring planet, is not particularly known for its colourful appearance. It is usually thought of as an orange-brown expanse, stretching as far as the eye – or at least the cameras on rovers and spacecraft – can see. But there are landscapes that are a veritable kaleidoscope of colour by Martian standards.
Many pathways can lead to climate-neutral air transport

June 2, 2022
Since the beginning of 2020, researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have been working together in the Exploration of Electric Aircraft Concepts and Technologies (EXACT) project on designs for climate-neutral commercial aircraft.
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Facts and figures

72,175

247

Institute of Transportation Systems: number of employees (2020)
72,175

72

Female
72,175

175

Male

Facts / Transport

41,19,52

112

Transport – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
41,19,52

41

Transport systems – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
41,19,52

19

Rail transport – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
41,19,52

52

Road traffic – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)

Facts / Aeronautics

78,60,83,52,39

312

Aeronautics – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
78,60,83,52,39

78

Efficient Vehicle research – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
78,60,83,52,39

60

Clean Propulsion research – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
78,60,83,52,39

83

Components and Systems research – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
78,60,83,52,39

52

Air Transportation and Impact research – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
78,60,83,52,39

39

Defense Technology research – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)

Facts / Space

143,36,32,82,96,85,45

519

Space – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
143,36,32,82,96,85,45

143

Earth observation – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
143,36,32,82,96,85,45

36

Space research – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
143,36,32,82,96,85,45

32

Research under space conditions – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
143,36,32,82,96,85,45

82

Space transport – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
143,36,32,82,96,85,45

96

Space systems technology (incl. robotics) – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
143,36,32,82,96,85,45

85

Communications and navigation – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)
143,36,32,82,96,85,45

45

Space robotic – Revenues 2021 (Data in million euro)

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