August 2016
High-resolution Earth observation data is changing the character of war
... in 11 narrow bands of wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum. False-colour imagery is used to provide additional scientific insights - the near infrared (band 5) in this image can be helpful for understanding vegetation and ecology because...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
... musings for another new generation whilst in orbit. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, while on the ISS, gave us an insight into his life, and re-popularised David Bowie’s space musings for another new generation. British astronaut...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... developed by DLR. In addition to the already flown or still operational missions, various projects are currently underway. The InSight mission is being prepared with NASA, and DLR is contributing the HP3 (Heat Flow and Physical Properties...
October 2016
Project MOONWALK
he scientific focus of MOONWALK was to evaluate new technologies for the interaction of astronauts with helper robots on planetary surfaces. Between 2013 and 2016, a number of technologies and technical systems were demonstrated and tested in two ...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
While security issues in outer space were mostly handled at a bilateral level between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War, most actors in outer space, space agencies and commercial satellite operators, realise today that our ...
March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
... Telescope (VLT) and, as larger facilities come online over the next decade, direct imaging is expected to provide insights about hot, young planets in the outer regions of their solar systems. For the transit method, spectroscopic...
