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20.10.20 German Aerospace Center sign a Cooperation Agreement with Australia’s Southern Launch Building on the MOU that was previously signed between DLR – Space Operations and Astronaut Training and Southern Launch on 26 March 2020, the organisations have now signed a Cooperation Agreement further enhancing the relationship. The Cooperation Agreement aims to implement joint civilian research activities in the field of suborbital and orbital space launch, especially in the field of reusable launch vehicles (RLV). Working together on such activities is a major step towards further developing Southern Launch’s capabilities and launch sites to conduct safe and economically affordable rocket launches. Read more

02.10.20 - In­ter­na­tion­al space com­mu­ni­ty meets vir­tu­al­ly for the first time at IAC 2020 Due to this year's unusual circumstances, the international space community will meet in a purely virtual setting for the first time at the 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) from 12 to 14 October 2020. Under the motto ‘Connecting @ll Space People’, the most important international conference for the global space sector will be held virtually, while also being open to the general public free of charge for the first time. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) will present current and future projects and goals of German spaceflight in a new 'cyberspace' format. Read more

30.09.20 -First tests for land­ing the Mar­tian Moons eX­plo­ration Rover The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission will have a German-French rover on board when it is launched in 2024. The rover will land on the Martian moon Phobos and explore its surface for approximately three months. Initial landing tests are currently underway at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Landing and Mobility Test Facility (Lande- und Mobilitätstest Anlage; LAMA) in Bremen. Using a first preliminary development model, the engineers are determining how robust the design of the approximately 25-kilogram rover must be to withstand an impact on the moon's surface after a free fall of about 40 to 100 metres. Read more