BECCAL ceremony at the 40th Space Symposium
BECCAL ceremony at the 40th Space Symposium
DLR and NASA are jointly developing the Bose-Einstein Condensate and Cold Atom Laboratory (BECCAL) to research ultra-cold atoms on the International Space Station ISS. At a ceremony held during the Space Symposium, representatives highlighted the importance of the partnership and joint research aboard the ISS. From left to right: Rebekka Grellmann, BECCAL project manager at the German Space Agency at DLR; Anke Pagels-Kerp, DLR Divisional Board Member for Space; Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chair of the DLR Executive Board; Nicola Fox, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA; Matthias Meister, BECCAL project leader at DLR; Walther Pelzer, DLR Executive Board Member and Director General of the German Space Agency at DLR.
Credit:
Chuck Bigger