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Did you miss @PTScientists session at @republica 2013? Here's the recording: http://t.co/2r3IapEMeT #rp13 #GLXP (MT)

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Nice! RT @timmermansr: What happens after you land your #Soyuz ship? [video] http://t.co/5fvx2dhlQl With @Cmdr_Hadfield and @AstroMarshburn

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#DLR investigates 'Transport development and environment' https://t.co/C38hiyBSL8 (KR)

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RT @esascience: Today at 5:30pm CEST: Euclid hangout "Einstein and the Dark Universe". Watch live and ask questions via #askEuclid http://t…

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RT @Cmdr_Hadfield: Safely home - back on Earth, happily readapting to the heavy pull of gravity. Wonderful to smell and feel Spring.

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Probelms with parking = soon problems of the past? Take a look at the DLR Robomobile. http://t.co/wacNA3PIHJ #Robotics (MT)

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Explosive 'twin' craters on Mars

11 April 2013

Intense underground steam explosions that occurred during the crater formation process could be responsible for the central depressions present in these 'twin' craters, located on Thaumasia Planum, an elevated plateau that lies immediately to the south of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the Solar System.

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Technology Experiments in Space: Latest from TET

21 March 2013

Temperatures alternating between extreme heat and cold, electromagnetic radiation and weightlessness – environmental conditions prevailing in space are harsh. Nevertheless, satellite components and those of the International Space Station ISS and other systems must withstand these conditions and continue to function reliably. Within the national "On-Orbit-Verification"-(OOV)-Programme- the Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) is testing the maturity of space technologies under real condtitions in their intended space environment. The core element of this programme is the small satellite TET-1 built by the prime contractor Kayser-Threde GmbH of Munich.

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The new DLR short-arm centrifuge in :envihab

30. April 2013

<img align="right" alt="" src="http://dlr.de/blogs/en/ResourceImage.aspx?raid=271129">The new short-arm human centrifuge was installed in <A href="http://dlr.de/envihab/en/desktopdefault.aspx">:envihab</A> at DLR Cologne between late February and early March 2013. Installation of the 'heart of :envihab' lasted several weeks. We took advantage of this rare opportunity to take a closer look at the individual stages of the installation (with time-lapse video).

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National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs

19. April 2013

<img align="right" alt="" src="http://dlr.de/blogs/en/ResourceImage.aspx?raid=271176">The <a href="http://www.spacefoundation.org/">National Space Symposium</a> has been held annually in Colorado Springs, United States, for 28 years. DLR has been involved for much of this time, contributing aspects of its research and development, and progressing far beyond the role of an 'ordinary member'. A delegation from DLR attended this year's symposium, actively participating by giving talks and taking part in exhibitions.

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