Projects & Missions

Un­crewed High-Al­ti­tude Plat­form (HAP)

Stratosphere-compatible high-altitude aircraft, also known as Uncrewed High-Altitude Platforms (HAPs), are attracting increasing interest in research and industry due to their wide range of potential applications.

MMX – Martian Moons eXploration

The two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, are the target of the Japanese exploration mission Martian Moons eXploration, or MMX for short. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the French space agency CNES (Centre national d'études spatiales) are contributing the lander IDEFIX that will spend several weeks exploring the surface of Phobos.

Fac­to­ry of the Fu­ture – Intelligente Roboter in der digitalen Produktion

Factory of the Future is a joint project of several DLR research institutes. The aim is the digital transformation of robot-supported production processes within the framework of Industry 4.0.

MASCOT

The Japanese space probe Hayabusa2 has been on a sample return mission to the asteroid (162173) Ryugu (formerly 1999 JU3) since 3 December 2014. On board is the MASCOT lander. It was built under the leadership of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in close cooperation with the French space agency CNES and the Japanese space agency JAXA.

Rosetta

ESA's Rosetta mission, which was launched in March 2004, was one of the most ambitious endeavours in European space travel. It comprised 11 instruments on the orbiter and the Philae landing module with 10 experiments.