In the early morning hours of 12 November 2025, the MAPHEUS-16 sounding rocket successfully lifted off from the Esrange launch site, carrying 21 experiments into microgravity for just over six minutes ...

Arabidopsis seedlings in BIOLAB containers; wild-type left, right, mutant ...

DLR's HRSC stereo camera on Mars Express captures the Martian surface from different angles. Using this data, the DLR Institute of Space Research and the Planetology Department of the Free University ...

The Red Kite rocket motor was rolled to the launch pad on a special trolley, raised into a vertical position and then installed.

The DLR flight operations department in Oberpfaffenhofen has been using the Falcon 20E aircraft for over 40 years, primarily for atmospheric research. International research teams measure trace gases ...

The landscapes of Coloe Fossae lie along Mars' dichotomy boundary – the transition from the Martian highlands of Terra Sabaea to the northern lowlands of Utopia Planitia, approximately 55 degrees east ...

In November 2025, global scheduled air traffic rose by 2.8% to around 3 million departures. In Germany, airlines operated 56,400 flights (+1.3%). The Middle East recorded the strongest growth.

ETCA Campus director Sarah Street with Mathias Sperl from the Institute for Frontier Materials on Earth and in Space and Martin Roeb from the Institute of Future Fuels.

At the tip of DLR's sounding rocket, 21 experiments were accommodated which experienced more than six minutes of weightlessness.

The MAPHEUS-16 flight was the first to be powered by two Red Kite rocket engines. Developed and manufactured by DLR in collaboration with Bayern-Chemie, these engines are highly powerful and enable ...

Many structures in the Martian highlands are caused by the extension and fracturing of the rigid rock crust. The Coloe Fossae, at the border to the northern lowlands, are a prime example; as a result ...

The sounding rocket with its payload of 21 scientific experiments up top, is ready for launch.