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News Archive 2022

	InSight – the end of a scientific success story 21 December 2022 The InSight Mars mission is history. On 20 December 2022, NASA declared the mission over. The two attempts from NASA's Mission Control Centre in Southern California to reach the lander via relay satellites in Mars orbit have been unsuccessful.
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	Satellite images show lack of snow in the Italian Alps 21 December 2022 The snow line in the Italian Alps last spring was at an average altitude of 400 metres, in some regions even almost a kilometre higher than usual. This was determined by researchers at German Aerospace Center.
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	Weniger Schrott im Weltraum dank Bremssegel 19. Dezember 2022 Ausgediente Satelliten auf niedrigen Umlaufbahnen befinden sich oft Jahrzehnte im Orbit, bis sie beim Wiedereintritt verglühen. Bremssegel bieten die Möglichkeit, die Entsorgung solch ausgedienter Satelliten wesentlich zu beschleunigen. Ein erster Test ist nun mit einem Satelliten des italienischen Dienstleisters D-Orbit gelungen.
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	MTG-I1 – Launching a new era of European weather observation 12 December 2022 The MTG-I1 satellite marks the beginning of a new era of weather observation for Europe: the first satellite of the latest generation of geostationary weather satellites launched into space on 13 December 2022 at 21:30 CET.
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	The first female ‘astronauts’ return from the Moon 9 December 2022 The return from the Moon is imminent. NASA's Artemis I mission is expected to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California this Sunday, 11 December 2022 at 18:40 CET. The journey to the Moon, in lunar orbit and back to Earth lasted more than 25 days and now lies behind the Orion spacecraft.
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	The future market for small satellites 6 December 2022 The German federal government has launched the Small Satellite Initiative with the aim of consolidating the German space industry and supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), especially start-ups, actively involved in the small satellite sector. The Bundestag allocated 10 million euros for this purpose in 2022.
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	Lake Benmore on the South Island of New Zealand 5 December 2022 Starting in December 2022, the German Space Agency at DLR will publish a highlight image from the Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) mission once a month. DLR's environmental satellite was launched in April 2022 and is now in routine scientific operation.
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	Germany contributes four billion euros and remains key partner of European spaceflight 23 November 2022 On 22 and 23 November 2022, the ministers and government representatives of the 22 member states of the European Space Agency ESA met at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris to set the course for joint space programmes "made in Europe".
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Abschied vom Technologie-Erprobungsträger (TET-1)

21. November 2022
Nach zehn Jahren im Orbit trat der Technologie-Erprobungsträger (TET-1) am 18. November 2022 in die Erdatmosphäre ein und verglühte dabei vollständig. Als Teil der Kleinsatelliten-Mission FireBIRD des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) erfassten TET-1 und BIROS Hochtemperaturereignisse an der Erdoberfläche.

	NASA's Artemis I lunar mission successfully launched 16 November 2022 On 16 November 2022, NASA's Artemis I mission blasted off to the Moon from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The new SLS rocket lifted off at 07:47 CET, carrying the Orion spacecraft towards Earth’s natural satellite. The mission is expected to last 26 days.
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	COP27: Earth observation and climate modelling as important tools for monitoring and predicting climate change 15 November 2022 The primary objective of this year's World Climate Conference COP27 in Sharm-El-Sheik (Egypt) is to ensure the full implementation of the Paris Agreement, because time is running out.
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	#LunaTwins on board Artemis I ready for launch 15 November 2022 The return to the Moon is just around the corner. The launch window opens for NASA's Artemis I mission opens this Wednesday, 16 November 2022, at 07:04 (CET). After several postponements, it is now set to go – taking humankind back to the Moon almost exactly 50 years after the last Apollo flight in December 1972.
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	A rover for Mars’ moon Phobos 11 November 2022 The origin of Mars’ two moons, Phobos and Deimos, is still unclear. To unravel this mystery, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is scheduled to launch in 2024. A German-French rover will be on board to explore the surface of the 27-kilometre-diameter Phobos in detail.
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	Cellbox-3 launches biomedical experiments to the ISS 4 November 2022 The uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft NG-18 is scheduled to launch from the Wallops Island spaceport in Virginia (USA) to the International Space Station (ISS) on 6 November 2022 at 11:50 CET (05:50 local time). Molecular biology experiments for biomedical research from Germany will be on board as part of the 'Cellbox-3' mission.
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	Forschungsraketen bringen Studierendenexperimente in die Schwerelosigkeit 4. November 2022 Ein komplexes Raumfahrtprojekt während des Studiums auf die Beine stellen – das ermöglicht das Programm REXUS/BEXUS der Deutschen Raumfahrtagentur im DLR und der Schwedischen Nationalen Raumfahrt-Agentur SNSA.
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	EnMAP – Ready for science 2 November 2022 Since its launch seven months ago, the German Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) satellite has been busy collecting data. It has recorded more than 11.4 million square kilometres of Earth's surface – an area larger than Europe – from an altitude of approximately 650 kilometres, using its 242 spectral channels.
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	Zukunft der Raumfahrt 26. Oktober 2022 Am 26. Oktober 2022 hat der Bayerische Raumfahrtgipfel im Deutschen Raumfahrtkontrollzentrum des DLR stattgefunden. Rund 200 hochrangige Gäste aus Raumfahrt, Politik, Industrie und Forschung waren der Einladung der Bayerischen Staatskanzlei nach Oberpfaffenhofen gefolgt.
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	Ride into microgravity with a 'spy' amongst numerous experiments 21 October 2022 On 21 October 2022 at 09:25, the MAPHEUS 12 research rocket of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) took off from the Esrange Space Center near Kiruna in northern Sweden. It reached an altitude of 260 kilometres before descending back to Earth on a parachute.
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	First successful test of the Ariane 6 upper stage at DLR Lampoldshausen 6 October 2022 The DLR site in Lampoldshausen successfully tested the upper stage of Ariane 6 for the first time on 5 October 2022. A hot-fire test is a highly demanding experiment; the aim is to simulate flight-representative conditions on the test stand.
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	Raumfahrtforschung als Inspiration für alle Generationen 27. September 2022 Raumfahrtforschung ist vielfältig und leistet wichtige Beiträge zu Wissenschaftsfeldern wie zum Beispiel der Klimaforschung, der Physik, der Biologie, der Astronomie oder der Planetenforschung. Dabei erweitert sie unser Wissen und trägt zur Lösung globaler Herausforderungen der Gesellschaft bei.
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	Mit Künstlicher Intelligenz die Welt von morgen planen 11. Juli 2022 Wie reagieren unsere Wälder auf Klimaveränderungen? Und wie verändert sich unsere Umwelt durch den Einfluss von Dürren, aber auch durch extreme Regenfälle? Ab dem 11. Juli 2022 steht Forschenden in Deutschland mit dem Portal "EO-Lab" ein neues Tool zur Verfügung, um solche Fragen zu beantworten.
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	INNOspace Masters 2021/22 – zukunftsweisende Ideen für die Raumfahrt von morgen 6. Juli 2022 Am 5. Juli 2022 wurden die Gewinner des diesjährigen INNOspace-Masters-Wettbewerbs im Rahmen einer Konferenz in Berlin gekürt. Die Teilnehmer konnten aus fünf Wettbewerbskategorien - den „Challenges“ - wählen.
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	Robotics team practises lunar exploration on Mount Etna 1 July 2022 Robots can enter areas that are dangerous for or inaccessible to humans. They can even explore other planets – or the Moon. This has now been demonstrated on Mount Etna, a volcano in Italy. Various robots completed their tasks independently.
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	Copernicus für die digitale Gesellschaft 21. Juni 2022 Unter dem Motto "Copernicus. digital. nachhaltig." werden beim "Nationalen Forum für Fernerkundung und Copernicus" mit rund 800 Teilnehmenden in Berlin vom 21. bis zum 23. Juni 2022 praxisnahe Anwendungsbeispiele aus dem europäischen Erdbeobachtungsprogramm Copernicus vorgestellt.
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	Go-ahead for second round of microlauncher payload competition 20 June 2022 On 20 June 2022, the German Space Agency at DLR launched the second round of its competition for zero-cost flights of small satellites on microlaunchers developed and constructed in Germany.
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	#PioneeringAerospace – Addressing climate change with aerospace technologies 15 June 2022 From 22 to 26 June, the German Aerospace Center will be present at ILA Berlin 2022, the largest aerospace trade fair in the EU, exhibiting groundbreaking technologies for emission-free air transport.
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	German radar satellite TerraSAR-X – 15 years in space and still in perfect shape 14 June 2022 The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X, which was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 08:14 local time on 15 June 2007, was originally designed to last five and a half years – until the end of 2012.
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	One step closer to understanding the Milky Way 13 June 2022 Unravelling the mysteries of the Milky Way and mapping it in the process is one of the main goals of the Gaia mission. On 13 June 2022, the mission came a step closer to achieving this with the publication of the complete third star catalogue.
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	Matthias Maurer is back on Earth 6 May 2022 German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is back on Earth after spending 175 days on the International Space Station (ISS). He landed in the ocean off the coast of Florida on 6 May 2022 at 06:43 CEST aboard the Dragon capsule 'Endurance' with crewmates Kayla Barron, Raja Chari and Thomas Marshburn – all NASA astronauts.
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	Staffelübergabe im All 3. Mai 2022 Erstmals seit 2011 sind zwei ESA-Astronauten ein paar Tage zeitgleich auf der Internationalen Raumstation ISS: Der Deutsche Matthias Maurer und die Italienerin Samantha Cristoforetti, die seit dem 28. April 2022 mit "Minerva" zum zweiten Mal auf der Raumstation lebt und arbeitet.
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	The airborne observatory SOFIA to end its mission after eight years of operations 28 April 2022 In a joint statement, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and DLR announced that they have decided to discontinue flight operations by the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) in September 2022.
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	DLR provides female measuring mannequins for the NASA Artemis I mission 27 April 2022 In 2022, NASA’s Artemis I mission will send a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew to the Moon for the first time in almost 50 years. On this uncrewed test flight, it will be the twin measuring mannequins Helga and Zohar on board the Orion capsule.
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	Finale für den 2. und 3. Platz des Mikrolauncher-Wettbewerbs 25. April 2022 Am 25. April 2022 hat die Koordinatorin der Bundesregierung für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Dr. Anna Christmann, während der Preisverleihung im BMWK in Berlin die Rocket Factory Augsburg zum zweiten Gewinner nach der Isar Aerospace Technologies GmbH im vergangenen Jahr gekürt.
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	German satellite EnMAP launches successfully 1 April 2022 It all began in 2003 with a competition announced by the German Space Agency at DLR as part of the National Space Programme. The task was to design and build a new type of hyperspectral instrument and a satellite to carry it, and to test both the instrument and its satellite for several years in the harsh conditions of space.
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	NASA's Perseverance rover listens in the thin Martian atmosphere 1 April 2022 Mars has a very thin atmosphere, which at the surface has a density approximately one percent that of Earth's. Until recently, it was unclear whether there is anything to hear there and if it is even possible for sound to be recorded under these conditions.
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	Environmental data for researchers worldwide 30 March 2022 The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) satellite sees the world very differently from the way the people who live there do. The German environmental satellite measures the solar radiation that is reflected by Earth's surface. EnMAP not only captures visible light, but also short-wave infrared.
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	Mini robots practise grasping space debris 22 March 2022 A challenging feat for a little robot: Honey the Astrobee must grasp and transport Bumble the Astrobee. To pull it off, Honey needs to understand Bumble's trajectory, position itself correctly and avoid a collision at all costs.
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	Demanding work with a breathtaking view 21 March 2022 The opening of the hatch on the US Quest airlock of the International Space Station (ISS) on 23 March 2022 at 13:55 CET will mark the start of the most challenging task of German astronaut Matthias Maurer's six-month 'Cosmic Kiss' mission.
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	Determining the weight of Earth from space 17 March 2022 At first glance, masses appear rigid and immobile. However, this is deceptive because they are constantly in motion. Liquid rock shifts in Earth's interior, water is redistributed in large quantities across the oceans and on the continents, and air masses are constantly in flux.
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	Shipwreck of the 'Endurance' found – safe navigation thanks to satellite data 10 March 2022 Over a century ago, Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance sank in Antarctica, trapped and crushed by the ice. The crew survived and the incredible rescue operation made the polar explorer's expedition legendary.
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	Satelliten für die Erdbeobachtung – unverzichtbare Helfer im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel 7. März 2022 Der neue Bericht des Weltklimarates macht es deutlicher denn je: Die Weltgemeinschaft muss jetzt handeln. Bereits jetzt seien mehr als 3,3 Milliarden Menschen in hohem Maße von den Auswirkungen des Klimawandels betroffen.
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	To space from Bremen, via Hanover and Florida 2 March 2022 The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) satellite, the first hyperspectral satellite developed and built in Germany, landed safely at NASA's spaceport in Florida on 27 February 2022 at 13:05 local time (19:05 CET).
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	Matthias Maurer tests concrete on the International Space Station ISS 3 February 2022 How does freshly poured concrete behave in microgravity? And how can this contribute towards environmental protection on Earth? In early February 2022, German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer conducted research into these issues on board the ISS.
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	EnMAP will see our Earth in more than just colour 2 February 2022 The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) satellite, the first hyperspectral satellite developed and built in Germany, is still in a clean room in Bremen. The final tasks are being carried out and the spacecraft is on the 'home straight'.
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	3D-printed bio-plaster 31 January 2022 Human cells in a 3D printer that can be used to cover wounds like a sticking plaster – this is the long-term goal of the Bioprint FirstAid experiment. As part of his 'Cosmic Kiss' mission, German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer has now carried out this series of experiments on the International Space Station ISS.
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	Fingerprint research to combat harmful bacteria 18 January 2022 Microorganisms exist everywhere where humans are found. And humans are everywhere – not just on Earth, but on the International Space Station (ISS), as well. Some of these microscopic creatures are perfectly harmless, but others can cause serious diseases or even inflict material damage on the ISS.
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	PLATO clears decisive hurdle 17 January 2022 The European Space Agency (ESA) has given the green light to build the flight models of the spacecraft and science payload for the PLATO mission to search for extrasolar planets. The Critical Milestone Review officially concluded on 11 January 2022. This means that the production of the hardware for the space telescope system can now commence.
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	Access to the 'SpaceDataHighway' 17 January 2022 The 'Columbus Ka-Band Terminal' (ColKa) has commenced service. The volume of scientific data generated by the experiments on the International Space Station (ISS) is continuously increasing. ColKa gives the Columbus laboratory on the ISS its own direct access to the SpaceDataHighway.
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	Über 100 Kinder online mit der ISS verbunden 15. Januar 2022 Es ist soweit: Per Videokonferenz sind mehr als 100 Kinder mit der Internationalen Raumstation ISS verbunden. Der deutsche ESA-Astronaut Matthias Maurer entrollt dort einen zehn Meter langen Bilderstreifen. Darauf sind Selbstportraits von Schülerinnen und Schülern zu sehen.
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In­Sight – the end of a sci­en­tif­ic suc­cess sto­ry

Satel­lite im­ages show lack of snow in the Ital­ian Alps

We­ni­ger Schrott im Welt­raum dank Brems­se­gel

MTG-I1 – Launch­ing a new era of Eu­ro­pean weath­er ob­ser­va­tion

The first fe­male ‘as­tro­nauts’ re­turn from the Moon

The fu­ture mar­ket for small satel­lites

Lake Ben­more on the South Is­land of New Zealand

Ger­many con­tributes four bil­lion eu­ros and re­mains key part­ner of Eu­ro­pean space­flight

Ab­schied vom Tech­no­lo­gie-Er­pro­bungs­trä­ger (TET-1)

NASA's Artemis I lu­nar mis­sion suc­cess­ful­ly launched

COP27: Earth ob­ser­va­tion and cli­mate mod­elling as im­por­tant tools for mon­i­tor­ing and pre­dict­ing cli­mate change

#Lu­naTwins on board Artemis I ready for launch

A rover for Mars’ moon Pho­bos

Cell­box-3 launch­es biomed­i­cal ex­per­i­ments to the ISS

For­schungs­ra­ke­ten brin­gen Stu­die­ren­den­ex­pe­ri­men­te in die Schwe­re­lo­sig­keit

En­MAP – Ready for sci­ence

Zu­kunft der Raum­fahrt

Ride in­to mi­cro­grav­i­ty with a 'spy' amongst nu­mer­ous ex­per­i­ments

First suc­cess­ful test of the Ar­i­ane 6 up­per stage at DLR Lam­pold­shausen

Raumfahrtforschung als Inspiration für alle Generationen

Mit Künst­li­cher In­tel­li­genz die Welt von mor­gen pla­nen

IN­NOspace Mas­ters 2021/22 – zu­kunfts­wei­sen­de Ide­en für die Raum­fahrt von mor­gen

Robotics team prac­tis­es lu­nar ex­plo­ration on Mount Et­na

Co­per­ni­cus für die di­gi­ta­le Ge­sell­schaft

Go-ahead for sec­ond round of mi­cro­launch­er pay­load com­pe­ti­tion

#Pi­o­neeringAerospace – Ad­dress­ing cli­mate change with aerospace tech­nolo­gies

Ger­man radar satel­lite Ter­raSAR-X – 15 years in space and still in per­fect shape

One step clos­er to un­der­stand­ing the Milky Way

Matthias Mau­r­er is back on Earth

Staf­fel­über­ga­be im All

The air­borne ob­ser­va­to­ry SOFIA to end its mis­sion af­ter eight years of op­er­a­tions

DLR pro­vides fe­male mea­sur­ing man­nequins for the NASA Artemis I mis­sion

Fi­na­le für den 2. und 3. Platz des Mi­kro­laun­cher-Wett­be­werbs

Ger­man satel­lite En­MAP launch­es suc­cess­ful­ly

NASA's Per­se­ver­ance rover lis­tens in the thin Mar­tian at­mo­sphere

En­vi­ron­men­tal da­ta for re­searchers world­wide

Mi­ni robots prac­tise grasp­ing space de­bris

De­mand­ing work with a breath­tak­ing view

De­ter­min­ing the weight of Earth from space

Ship­wreck of the 'En­durance' found – safe nav­i­ga­tion thanks to satel­lite da­ta

Sa­tel­li­ten für die Erd­be­ob­ach­tung – un­ver­zicht­ba­re Hel­fer im Kampf ge­gen den Kli­ma­wan­del

To space from Bre­men, via Hanover and Flori­da

Matthias Mau­r­er tests con­crete on the In­ter­na­tion­al Space Sta­tion ISS

En­MAP will see our Earth in more than just colour

3D-print­ed bio-plas­ter

Fin­ger­print re­search to com­bat harm­ful bac­te­ria

PLA­TO clears de­ci­sive hur­dle

Ac­cess to the 'Space­DataHigh­way'

Über 100 Kin­der on­line mit der ISS ver­bun­den

InSight – the end of a scientific success story

Satellite images show lack of snow in the Italian Alps

Weniger Schrott im Weltraum dank Bremssegel

MTG-I1 – Launching a new era of European weather observation

The first female ‘astronauts’ return from the Moon

The future market for small satellites

Lake Benmore on the South Island of New Zealand

Germany contributes four billion euros and remains key partner of European spaceflight

Abschied vom Technologie-Erprobungsträger (TET-1)

NASA's Artemis I lunar mission successfully launched

COP27: Earth observation and climate modelling as important tools for monitoring and predicting climate change

#LunaTwins on board Artemis I ready for launch

A rover for Mars’ moon Phobos

Cellbox-3 launches biomedical experiments to the ISS

Forschungsraketen bringen Studierendenexperimente in die Schwerelosigkeit

EnMAP – Ready for science

Zukunft der Raumfahrt

Ride into microgravity with a 'spy' amongst numerous experiments

First successful test of the Ariane 6 upper stage at DLR Lampoldshausen

Mit Künstlicher Intelligenz die Welt von morgen planen

INNOspace Masters 2021/22 – zukunftsweisende Ideen für die Raumfahrt von morgen

Robotics team practises lunar exploration on Mount Etna

Copernicus für die digitale Gesellschaft

Go-ahead for second round of microlauncher payload competition

#PioneeringAerospace – Addressing climate change with aerospace technologies

German radar satellite TerraSAR-X – 15 years in space and still in perfect shape

One step closer to understanding the Milky Way

Matthias Maurer is back on Earth

Staffelübergabe im All

The airborne observatory SOFIA to end its mission after eight years of operations

DLR provides female measuring mannequins for the NASA Artemis I mission

Finale für den 2. und 3. Platz des Mikrolauncher-Wettbewerbs

German satellite EnMAP launches successfully

NASA's Perseverance rover listens in the thin Martian atmosphere

Environmental data for researchers worldwide

Mini robots practise grasping space debris

Demanding work with a breathtaking view

Determining the weight of Earth from space

Shipwreck of the 'Endurance' found – safe navigation thanks to satellite data

Satelliten für die Erdbeobachtung – unverzichtbare Helfer im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel

To space from Bremen, via Hanover and Florida

Matthias Maurer tests concrete on the International Space Station ISS

EnMAP will see our Earth in more than just colour

3D-printed bio-plaster

Fingerprint research to combat harmful bacteria

PLATO clears decisive hurdle

Access to the 'SpaceDataHighway'

Über 100 Kinder online mit der ISS verbunden