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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.
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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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