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SOFIA airborne observatory – NASA and DLR extend cooperation agreement at ILA

2 June 2016

The SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) airborne observatory – a joint venture between the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA – explores the evolution of galaxies using the telescope. Since 2011, the hatch of the modified Boeing 747SP has been opened 250 times to observe the night sky.

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DLR and CNES renew their framework agreement for bilateral cooperation

2 June 2016

At the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the French space agency (CNES) in the presence of Brigitte Zypries, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and also German Aerospace Coordinator, and Thierry Mandon, French Minister of State for Higher Education and Research, renewed their 2002 cooperation agreement on 2 June 2016.

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Focus Session auf der Space Science Week 2016

Focus on aerospace research – Chair of the DLR Executive Board at the Space Science Week

3 June 2016

Progress, results, opportunities and open matters across different areas of aerospace research are being discussed at the Space Science Week, held in Washington D.C. from 29 to 31 March 2016.

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ZERO-G: See the aircraft at ILA Berlin Air Show 2016

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Philae Blog
Anniversary of Philae comet landing – expecting the unexpected

12 November 2015

<img align="right" alt="" src="http://www.dlr.de/blogs/en/ResourceImage.aspx?raid=342326">One year ago today, the Philae lander touched down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This was no easy task, of course. With the Rosetta mission, it was demonstrated that it was not only possible to travel to a comet more than 500 million kilometres from Earth, but also to follow it in its orbit around the Sun and land on it.

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Energy Blog
Sunshine over the Kalahari

13 October 2015

<img align="right" alt="Die Sonne über der Kalahari" src="http://www.dlr.de/blogs/en/ResourceImage.aspx?raid=339979">The Sun almost always shines in the Kalahari, which extends across the Northern Cape region in South Africa. The area enjoys 4000 sunlight hours and an average solar irradiance of up to 2800 kilowatt-hours per square metre per year; by comparison, Spain reaches no more than 2300. Therefore, it follows that the currently untapped potential for solar power is immense.

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Air Hub Singapore invests in ATM technology from DLR

12 October 2015

The Air Traffic Management Institute (ATMRI) of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore was officially inaugurated on 20 August 2015. An air traffic simulation centre forms the core of the new institute.

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Plasma research – new laboratory on the ISS in operation

19 June 2015

The International Space Station (ISS) offers a unique opportunity to conduct research in microgravity. Its newest research system – the PK-4 plasma crystal laboratory – has now begun scientific operations in the Columbus module.

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