About DLR
DLR, the German Aerospace Center, is Germany’s
national research centre for aeronautics and
space. Its extensive research and development
work in aeronautics, space, energy, transport and
security is integrated into national and interna-
tional cooperative ventures. In addition to its own
research, as Germany’s space agency, DLR has
been given responsibility by the federal govern-
ment for the planning and implementation of the
German space programme. DLR is also the
umbrella organisation for the nation’s largest pro-
ject execution organisation.
DLR has approximately 7400 employees at 16
locations in Germany: Cologne (Headquarters),
Augsburg, Berlin, Bonn, Braunschweig, Bremen,
Göttingen, Hamburg, Jülich, Lampoldshausen,
Neu-strelitz, Oberpfaffenhofen, Stade, Stuttgart,
Trauen and Weilheim. DLR also has offices in
Brussels, Paris, Tokyo and Washington DC.
Imprint
DLR Magazine – the magazine of the German
Aerospace Center
Publisher: DLR German Aerospace Center
(Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt)
Editorial staff: Sabine Hoffmann (Legally responsi-
ble for editorial content), Cordula Tegen, Marco
Trovatello (Editorial management), Karin Ranero
Celius, Peter Clissold (English-language Editors,
EJR-Quartz BV)
In this edition, contributions from: Emily Baldwin,
Manuela Braun, Dorothee Bürkle, Falk Dam-
bowsky, Frauke Engelhardt, Merel Groentjes,
Sarah Lange and Melanie-Konstanze Wiese.
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