The department High-Speed Electronics comprises the Institute’s expertise in the development of focal plane units and detector electronics for VIS/NIR satellite cameras. It evolved from the department ...

Automated fibre placement (AFP) is one of the most used processes for the manufacturing of modern carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) aerospace components. Main cost drivers and barriers to rapid ...

In 2011 the DLR Institute of Space Systems launched its research initiative called EDEN. The research initiative focuses on Bio-regenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS), especially greenhouse modules, ...

In diesem Jahr beschert uns der Frühlingsmonat März gleich zwei Finsternisse: am 14. März eine Mondfinsternis, deren totale ...

The three-kilometre-thick ice sheet covering Mars's north pole is young, formed between 2 and 12 million years ago. The ice sheet is bending the rocky crust beneath at a rate of 0.13 millimetres per ...

The new Horizon Europe project, BeBoP, which aims to develop better and more cost-effective components for fuel cell systems, making them more efficient and reliable for heavy-duty vehicles and other ...

The Senator for Economics, Ports and Transformation Bremen has announced a new round of calls for tenders for the aerospace research programme (LuRaFo). The LuRaFo funding programme is primarily aimed ...

DLR's concept allows collaborative robots to yield without being forced back to their original position like a mechanical spring. In robotics, compliance refers to a robot's ability to adapt its ...

Today we had the opportunity to visit the DLR in Braunschweig. Together with the BMWK and those responsible at DLR, we discussed the current status of the ground test infrastructure and the recent PtL ...

Glaciers worldwide are losing an average of 273 billion tonnes of ice per year. This average figure masks a significant acceleration of ice loss over the past decade. The DLR satellite mission ...

Die private Startup-Mondmission IM-2 wird voraussichtlich in der Nacht vom 26. auf den 27. Februar 2025 vom Weltraumbahnhof in Cape Canaveral, Florida, abheben. Das Landemodul „Athena“ wird rund acht ...

DLR-Konzept lässt kollaborative Roboter nachgiebig ausweichen, ohne wie durch eine mechanische Feder in den Ausgangszustand zurückzudrängen. Nachgiebigkeit von Maschinen bezeichnet ihre Fähigkeit, ...