From left to right: Walther Pelzer, DLR Executive Board Member responsible for the Space Administration, Hiroshi Yamakawa, President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Hitoshi Kuninaka, Vice President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Rolf Henke, DLR Executive Board Member responsible for Aeronautics research, Karsten Lemmer, DLR Executive Board Member for Energy and Transport, Pascale Ehrenfreund, Chair of the DLR Executive Board and Hansjörg Dittus, DLR Executive Board Member for Space Research and Technology.