Chancellor's visit to the Space Pavilion at ILA on 10 June 2026

Chancellor's visit to the Space Pavilion at ILA on 10 June 2026
The Space Pavilion is operated by the German Space Agency at DLR together with the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI) and ESA. Front row from left: Walther Pelzer, DLR Executive Board Member and Director General of the German Space Agency at DLR; ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher; Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chair of the DLR Executive Board; Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz; and German ESA astronauts Matthias Maurer and Alexander Gerst.