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UN Germany High Level Forum 'The Way Forward after UNISPACE+50 and on Space2030' in Bonn

13 December 2018

The United Nations High Level Forum 'The Way Forward after UNISPACE+50 and on Space2030' was held in Bonn from 13 to 16 November 2018. Over 300 participants from some 60 countries gathered in the federal city to discuss how aerospace applications can contribute to solving global challenges in future.

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Video: flight over InSight's landing site on Elysium Planitia

26 November 2018

On 26 November 2018, NASA's InSight probe is expected to land on Mars' Elysium Planitia plain at a 4.5 degrees north and135.9 degrees east. This video shows a flight over the landing site and surrounding area. It was produced based on a digital terrain model calculated using stereo image data from DLR's High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC).

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The Nili Fossae grabens on Mars

22 November 2018

These images, acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), show a region close to the Nili Fossae. The Nili Fossae are located at the border between the southern highlands and the northern lowlands of Mars.

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Automated production of aircraft fuselages made of aluminium fibreglass laminate

12 October 2018

The Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems, the Institute of Structures and Design, the Institute of Materials Research and the Center for Lightweight Production Technology (ZLP) – at its locations in Stade and Augsburg – of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have teamed up to develop automated processes for the production of components made of high-performance fibre metal laminates.

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Hyperspectral Earth observation instrument DESIS sets off for the ISS

29 June 2018

The DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) – an environmental and resource monitoring system from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) – set off for the International Space Station (ISS) at 05:42 EDT (11:42 CEST) on 29 June 2018. The Dragon capsule carrying DESIS launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

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TanDEM-X image of Hiawatha Glacier

12 December 2018

<img align="right" alt="" src="https://www.dlr.de/blogs/en/ResourceImage.aspx?raid=420332">Glaciers abound on Greenland’s coastline; fed by the Greenland ice sheet, they flow towards the Arctic Ocean. In the northwest, Hiawatha Glacier is located at 78.8 degrees north, 67 degrees west. It emerges from a semi-circular lobe at the ice sheet margin and forms a narrow tongue with a length of 10 kilometres extending onto the ice-free Inglefield Land. Hiawatha Glacier’s northern neighbour, the large Humboldt Glacier, is much more widely known. The front of the Humboldt Glacier is over 100 kilometres wide where it flows into the Nares Strait. The TanDEM-X image shows the region around Hiawatha Glacier.

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MASCOT – Just hours before separation

2 October 2018

<img align="right" alt="" src="https://www.dlr.de/blogs/en/ResourceImage.aspx?raid=414624">About 7 years ago, when the MASCOT lander took its 'first steps' in the form of a CAD drawing was – at least for some of us – an unimaginable moment. Today, we are in the control room, following the slow descent of the Hayabusa2 spacecraft carrying our small landing package through the returned housekeeping data. We are ready to go.

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