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• NASA, International Partners Advance Work on Space Crops NASA · 30 Sep 2026 NASA, CSA (Canadian Space Agency), and the German Aerospace Center signed a joint statement of intent to begin coordinated, preparatory work toward an Earth-based demonstrator to learn how to grow crops on the Moon.
• Callisto Reusable Rocket Demonstrator Takes Shape Ahead of 2027 Hop Test European Spaceflight · 25 Sep 2026 The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has completed final testing of the nose cone for the Callisto reusable rocket demonstrator, with the hardware now set to be transferred to France for final integration. DLR has also conf...
• SOLIS100 isolation study begins in Germany ESA · 23 Apr 2026 Six volunteers have stepped into a sealed habitat in Cologne, Germany, marking the start of SOLIS100, a new human isolation study led by the European Space Agency (ESA) and conducted by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
• Germany funds 78 million euro human exploration control center SpaceNews · 10 Feb 2026 MILAN — Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder announced Feb. 4 that the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will receive 58 million euros ($69 million) to build a Human Exploration Control Center to support future robotic a...
• DLR plans new control center for future Moon and Mars missions SpaceDaily · 8 Feb 2026 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 08, 2026 For upcoming human and robotic missions to the Moon and Mars, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will establish a new Human Exploration Control Center (HECC) at its site in Oberpfaffenho...
• DLR completes ground roll tests of HAP alpha uncrewed high altitude solar aircraft SpaceDaily · 1 Jan 2026 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 The German Aerospace Center has successfully completed ground roll tests of HAP alpha, an uncrewed high altitude solar powered aircraft designed to operate in the lower stratosphere for...
• Analysts question Germany’s request for defensive and inspector satellites SpaceNews · 21 Oct 2025 LONDON — The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is looking to purchase satellites capable of jamming other spacecraft and inspecting objects in space, and it wants to do so on tight deadlines. But experts are skeptical whethe...
• DLR Prepares to Launch Small Reusable Space Transportation Demonstrator European Spaceflight · 2 Oct 2025 The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is preparing to launch its ATHEAt reusable space transportation demonstrator mission from Andøya Space in Norway. Initiated in January 2022, the Advanced Technologies for High Energetic...
• Human minds, robotic hands ESA · 8 Aug 2025 Last July, a team of robots explored a simulated martian landscape in Germany, guided by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. This was the final session of the Surface Avatar experiment, a joint initiativ...
• Training robots from space ESA · 4 Aug 2025 This summer, a team of robots explored a simulated martian landscape in Germany, remotely guided by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. This marked the fourth and final session of the Surface Avatar expe...
• NASA, German Aerospace Center to Expand Artemis Campaign Cooperation NASA · 17 Jun 2025 While attending the Paris Air Show June 16, NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro signed an agreement with DLR (German Aerospace Center, or Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) to continue a partnership in space me...
• LUNA analog facility – The Moon on Earth ESA · 26 Sep 2024 LUNA recreates the Moon's surface on Earth next to ESA’s Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. The collaborative project between ESA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will provide a training ground for astronau...
• MAPHEUS 14 Flight Carries 442-Kilogram Payload to 265 Kilometres European Spaceflight · 27 Feb 2024 The German Aerospace Center (DLR) MAPHEUS 14 flight was successfully launched from Esrange Space Center in Sweden on 27 February, carrying several scientific experiments. The flight was the third suborbital mission launc...
• Rocket Factory Augsburg signs deal to test engines at DLR premises SpaceNews · 16 Nov 2022 Rocket Factory Augsburg has signed a deal allowing it to build and operate its own engine test stand at German Aerospace Center (DLR) premises.
• NASA-DLR Study Finds Sustainable Aviation Fuel Can Reduce Contrails NASA · 17 Jun 2021 Cleaner-burning jet fuels made from sustainable sources can produce 50%-70% fewer ice crystal contrails at cruising altitude, reducing aviation’s impact on the environment, according to research conducted by NASA and the...
• Germany joins JAXA’s low-cost deep space test mission SpaceNews · 20 Nov 2020 The German Aerospace Center, DLR, has partnered with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on a planned low-cost asteroid mission called Destiny+, expected to launch toward the asteroid 3200 Phaethon in 2024.