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A solar research and test centre for Morocco

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:30:15 +0200

The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) is devising plans for a solar power research and test centre in Morocco on behalf of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen).

Landslides and lava flows on Olympus Mons

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:22:39 +0200

Huge landslides, lava flows and tectonic forces have generated the stunning landscape seen in these images acquired by the DLR-operated HRSC camera system on board the Mars Express spacecraft.

Tracking aircraft from space

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:37:03 +0200

On 4 May 2013 at 04:06 (CEST), when the European Proba-V satellite lifts off on a Vega launcher with the primary mission of observing vegetation from space, it will be carrying another instrument on board – one that will be keeping an 'eye' on aircraft.

Reducing turbulence near airports - DLR tests new procedures to mitigate wake vortices

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:46:49 +0200

Currently, safety considerations related to wake vortices force pilots of small and medium-sized aircraft to maintain a separation of about 10 kilometres from heavier planes flying ahead of them.

D2 mission 20 years ago – clawed frogs and crystals in microgravity

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:55:02 +0200

"Go for Spacelab activities," confirmed NASA Mission Control Center on 26 April 1993 at 18:51 CET. German astronauts Hans Schlegel and Ulrich Walter and their United States colleagues had to wait almost two months until, with this command, the D2 mission could finally begin.

Astronaut and guinea pig – all in one

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:10:00 +0200

In 1993, during the second German D2 Spacelab Mission, astronaut Hans Schlegel orbited Earth 160 times and conducting numerous international experiments as payload specialist. This was Schlegel's first flight into space.