Space Exploration

The group focuses onexploration topics (missions in the solar system). The Rosetta, MASCOT and InSight missions were supervised here via the Lander Control Centre. The upcoming MMX mission to explore the Martian moon Phobos is currently being prepared.

MUSC will also operate the new research facility LUNA in Cologne, in co-operation with other RB departments. LUNA will facilitate the development, simulation, and preparation of missions to the Earth’s Moon. The MUSC activities will focus on experimental and robotic missions, either autonomously or in co-operation with astronauts. Within the scope of LUNA, MUSC will expand its scientific expertise in terms of geophysical methods.