Tag: Space travel
NASA Ingenuity helicopter: Half an hour’s flight over Mars
NASA’s small Mars helicopter Ingenuity has so far flown over the Red Planet for more than 30 minutes. This was a milestone that the team could not have imagined before,…
Trace Gas Orbiter on Mars: Water discovered in the largest canyon in the solar system
ESA’s Mars orbiter TGO found “significant amounts” of water on the floor of the largest canyon on Mars and surprised the research team responsible. So far, if water – in…
Space: Government charters space flight
Isar Aerospace will probably be the first German start-up to launch its small rocket in 2022. The winners of a satellite competition organized by the Aerospace Center will also be…
Traffic light coalition: space travel should become more sustainable – economy
Germany will be the largest contributor to the European space agency Esa in the next few years, but space travel only takes up a few lines in the coalition agreement.…
Space travel: German industry is moving closer together – economy
Whether earth observation, communication or navigation – many industries have been working with data from space travel for years. In view of global networking (Internet of Things), autonomous driving and…
Where does Germany stand at the end of the decade? – Business
An old saying could be modified, the future lies in the eye of the beholder. If you ask four top-class representatives in their field how things will go in the…
Hydrogen: just start
Hydrogen is a controversial energy carrier. Now Pierre Godart, Germany boss of the rocket manufacturer Ariane, and Veronika Grimm are calling for a more pragmatic approach. .source site
Brain damage from space travel – knowledge
Space travel not only leads to muscle and bone loss. Neurological damage is also a threat, as researchers at the University of Munich have discovered. What that means for long-term…
German space travel should become more visible – economy
Many people do not even know what achievements space travel has brought them. The industry is facing even greater challenges. But for this, German politics must create better framework conditions,…
DLR: "We do space travel so that life on earth becomes better"
Flights into space are expensive and risky. For Walther Pelzer from the German Aerospace Center, they are still of great use – at least under certain conditions. .source site