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Drought in Africa

Credit: Jakob Dall - Danish Red Cross.

Drought in Africa

Because of the drought, many wells in Kenya have dried up. People often walk 6 hours to fetch water.

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Because of the drought, many wells in Kenya have dried up. People often walk 6 hours to fetch water.

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Drought in Africa

Drought in Africa

Earth observation for humanitarian aid

Rosetta mission

Alexander Gerst's mission 'horizons – Knowledge for Tomorrow'

TerraSAR-X

Energy research

MASCOT on board Hayabusa2

DLR research aircraft HALO

Dawn - Mission to Vesta and Ceres

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Drought in Africa

Drought in Africa

Earth ob­ser­va­tion for hu­man­i­tar­i­an aid

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Alexan­der Gerst's mis­sion 'hori­zons – Knowl­edge for To­mor­row'

Ter­raSAR-X

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MAS­COT on board Hayabusa2

DLR re­search air­craft HA­LO

Dawn - Mis­sion to Ves­ta and Ceres

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Chair of the DLR Ex­ec­u­tive Board is hon­oured with the Wom­en in Aerospace Eu­rope Out­stand­ing Achieve­ment Award 2020

8th In­dus­tri­al Days at the DLR site in Lam­pold­shausen

Pas­cale Ehren­fre­und takes of­fice as Pres­i­dent of the IAF

Space – ac­ces­si­bil­i­ty, diplo­ma­cy and co­op­er­a­tion

The DLR del­e­ga­tion dur­ing a vis­it to the JAXA Tsuku­ba Space Cen­tre on 31 Ju­ly 2019

Meck­len­burg-West­ern Pomera­nia and DLR wel­come Eu­ro­pean pol­i­cy-mak­ers to Brus­sels

Dust storms swirl at Mars' north pole

Earth observation for humanitarian aid

Rosetta mission

Alexander Gerst's mission 'horizons – Knowledge for Tomorrow'

TerraSAR-X

Energy research

MASCOT on board Hayabusa2

DLR research aircraft HALO

Dawn - Mission to Vesta and Ceres

Chair of the DLR Executive Board is honoured with the Women in Aerospace Europe Outstanding Achievement Award 2020

8th Industrial Days at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen

Pascale Ehrenfreund takes office as President of the IAF

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The DLR delegation during a visit to the JAXA Tsukuba Space Centre on 31 July 2019

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