In the early morning hours of 12 November 2025, the MAPHEUS-16 sounding rocket successfully lifted off from the Esrange launch site, carrying 21 experiments into microgravity for just over six minutes ...

On 9 July 2024, Ariane 6 launched into space for the first time from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. With this new development, the Ariane launch system has been technically advanced to ...

In the LUNA facility, a network of cables were laid across the surface and underground. Tiny deformations in the network can be used to detect subsurface structures. Researchers tested instruments and ...

The two rovers LRU2 (left) and LRU1 working in the LUNA facility. LRU2 uses its robotic arm to position the LIBS (Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) device housed in the gold-coloured box. LIBS ...

DLR's HRSC stereo camera on Mars Express captures the Martian surface from different angles. Using this data, the DLR Institute of Space Research and the Planetology Department of the Free University ...

APPARILLO captures and processes images of objects in low Earth orbit. It can be used for space surveillance or locating space debris.

Spectators take their seats on motion seats, put on VR glasses and experience an unforgettable virtual space flight into space.

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Ultra-lightweight and compact carbon fibre films allow large structures like these solar cells to be rolled up for space-saving transport to Earth orbit.

The sounding rocket with its payload of 21 scientific experiments up top, is ready for launch.

The Red Kite rocket motor was rolled to the launch pad on a special trolley, raised into a vertical position and then installed.

The DLR flight operations department in Oberpfaffenhofen has been using the Falcon 20E aircraft for over 40 years, primarily for atmospheric research. International research teams measure trace gases ...