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Two Red Kite motors propel 500 kilograms of experiments into microgravity
DLR regularly conducted flights with sounding rockets as part of its MAPHEUS programme. At 05:05 CET on 12 November 2025, the MAPHEUS-16 mission launched to begin its journey into weightlessness. For ...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Team Bremen competes in the ESA Space Resources Challenge 2025
From 13 to 17 October, eight teams competed against each other in the ESA Space Resources Challenge 2025 at the LUNA hall in Cologne, Germany, where they tested their innovative space applications. Am...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Final assembly of Ariane 6's Vinci upper stage engine to take place in Lampoldshausen
Vinci, the upper stage engine of the Ariane 6 launcher, will in future be manufactured by ArianeGroup Germany in Lampoldshausen, where the final assembly of components such as turbopumps, valves and t...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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From turbopumps to thrust chambers, the Vinci engine will now be built & tested at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen, a major step towards the seamless integration of Ariane 6 and Europe’s independent access to space! 🤝 @esa.int @dlr-spaceagency.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
From turbopumps to thrust chambers, the Vinci engine will now be built & tested at the DLR site in Lampoldshausen, a major step towards the seamless integration of Ariane 6 and Europe’s independent access to space! 🤝 @esa.int @dlr-spaceagency.bsky.social
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Laying the foundation for a future quantum network – quantum channels tested in flight
It is not easy to transmit individual photons precisely from an aircraft, capture them in a ground station and detect them successfully. Researchers have, however, now managed to do exactly that.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Reliable drone defence
How can drone intruders be rendered harmless? What measures can be taken when drones appear at airports, near critical infrastructure or at major events? DLR is researching and developing technologies...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Xanthe Terra on Mars – a journey across the 'golden-yellow land'
A new video takes Mars fans on a flight from the highland region of Xanthe Terra, down onto the Chryse Planitia lowland plain and back up to the mysterious 'chaos terrain' The film was created using d...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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