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Gateway Lunar Space Station (artistic depiction): Impression of the Gateway Lunar Space Station. The space station in lunar orbit is intended to serve as a habitat, fuel, and research center for astronauts exploring our Moon as part of the Artemis program. The Human Exploration Control Center (HECC) will be responsible for operating three modules of the Gateway: the communication system to the lunar surface HLCS, the living and working module I-HAB, and the propulsion module ESPRIT. (Credit: ESA)

On the way to the Moon: depiction of an Orion spacecraft from NASA's Artemis program. A central part of the Orion spacecraft is the European Service Module (ESM), which is built in Germany by the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of NASA. It includes the propulsion system for Orion and supplies power through four solar generators. Additionally, it regulates the climate and temperature inside the spacecraft and stores fuel, oxygen, and water supplies for the crew. (Credit: © NASA, Image montage: DLR)

Handover of the funding decision at the DLR site Oberpfaffenhofen: From left: Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chair of the DLR Executive Board, Dr. Markus Söder, Bavarian Prime Minister, and Dr. Anke Pagels-Kerp, DLR Department Head for Space. (Credit: DLR (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0))

09.02.2026
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DLR receives funding for the new construction of the Human Exploration Control Center (HECC) at the Oberpfaffenhofen site

Moon and Mars in sight: New control center planned for astronautic spaceflight

– The Human Exploration Control Center (HECC) will enable the operation of astronautic and robotic missions to the Moon and Mars in the future.
– For the construction of the Moon control center HECC, Bavaria's Prime Minister Dr. Markus Söder presents a funding notice of 58 million euros to the DLR.
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Lauren Riddiford, Aleš Hrabec, and Jeffrey Brock (from left to right) in the cleanroom at Park Innovaare – located right next to PSI. This is where the innovative magnetic structures are created and precisely altered using laser technology. © Paul Scherrer Institute PSI / Mahir Dzambegovic

From laser light to snowflake: This magnetic structure was created at PSI using an industrial laser – not for decoration, but as a demonstration of precise material modification with potential for data storage, AI, and photonics. © Paul Scherrer Institute PSI / Aleš Hrabec, Lauren Riddiford, Jeffrey Brock

12.12.2025
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Laser draws made-to-order magnetic landscapes

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado, have for the first time succeeded in using existing laser technology to continuously vary the magnetic properties of two-dimensional materials. This s…

With the funds from the PREVAIL project, Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID was able to acquire six new machines that will become part of a European edge AI pilot line. © Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID

26.11.2025
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The PREVAIL consortium makes future technology accessible

Next-generation edge AI for Europe

Many innovative European companies working on edge AI technologies have, until now, been dependent on international supply chains. To reduce this dependence, research organizations from four EU countries – including Fraunhofer – are setting up a European pilot line for next-generation edge AI techno…

OPS-SAT PRETTY in the clean room at TU Graz before its launch in 2023. (Image source: Lunghammer – TU Graz)

14.11.2025
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Austrian Satellite Mission PRETTY Continues under the Leadership of TU Graz

The Austrian Space Agency and the European Space Agency (ESA) have approved the mission's continuation. In future, the CubeSat PRETTY will operate as part of the OPS-SAT Space Lab. The project management will be transferred to TU Graz.

For over two years, the Austrian mini-satellite PRETTY has orbit…

With the new systems, complex organic stacks, metal layers, and oxides can be thermally deposited, enabling the development and manufacturing of ultra-high-resolution OLED microdisplays, as well as sensors such as organic photodiodes. © Fraunhofer IPMS

OLED microdisplay with a resolution of 1440 x 1080 pixels and the world's smallest pixels of 2.5 micrometers. © Fraunhofer IPMS

27.10.2025
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New Tool for Next-Generation Microdisplays

The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS has taken a leading role in the development of microdisplays over the past decades and now presents a significant advancement in tools. . The new technology, specified and funded as part of the EdgeVision Microdisplay project (FKZ 03RU2U061C…

Loading the PLATO container: On August 22, 2025, the container with the PLATO satellite was loaded onto a cargo ship in Mannheim to transport it via the Rhine to ESTEC in the Netherlands. (Credit: ESA-SJM Photography)

On the way to the clean room: PLATO is unloaded from the container onto a trolley and brought into the clean room. The satellite is covered with a protective film. (Credit: ESA-SJM Photography)

PLATO on a trolley with protective film: Here, the instrument with its service module can be seen from the side. The cameras are directed to the left. (Credit: ESA-SJM Photography)

Satellite in the tent: The satellite is inserted into a tent-like enclosure that provides the cleanroom conditions required for the sensitive optical instrument. (Credit: ESA-SJM Photography)

Rotating the satellite: The satellite is rotated from its horizontal to an upright position. (Credit: ESA-SJM Photography)

The 26 cameras point upwards: PLATO in an upright position at ESTEC. You can see the cameras, all wrapped in black film. (Credit: ESA-SJM Photography)

13.10.2025
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PLATO space telescope journeys to test centre by sea and road

In June 2025, the PLATO space telescope's scientific instrument was integrated with its service module in the clean room of prime contractor OHB in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. PLATO – short for PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars – will scan the heavens for Earth-like exoplanets orbiting Sun…

11.10.2025
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AIXTRON joins major 300 mm GaN Power Electronics Program with its Hyperion 300 mm GaN tool Herzogenrath, October 7th, 2025 – As one of the first partners, AIXTRON SE (FSE: AIXA) joins a 300 mm GaN Power Electronics Program with its Hyperion GaN MOCVD S

AIXTRON joins major 300 mm GaN Power Electronic Program with its Hyperion 300 mm GaN tool

As one of the first partners, AIXTRON SE (FSE: AIXA) joins a 300 mm GaN Power Electronics Program with its Hyperion GaN MOCVD System. The Hyperion system will be used to supply 300 mm epitaxial wafers to the program and its partners for the development of low- and high-voltage power electronics appl…

Ion implantation is of central importance for the doping of semiconductors, i.e., the process of introducing foreign atoms into the semiconductor. (Copyright: FBH | Matthias Baumbach)

19.09.2025
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An interview with Dr. Andreas Thies from the FMD Institute Leibniz FBH

Ion implantation: A process that has revolutionized semiconductor manufacturing

The development of ion implantation in the 1960s was one of the fundamental prerequisites for the production of highly integrated circuits as we know them today. The process is used to introduce foreign atoms into a semiconductor and thus, for example, change its conductivity (doping). At the Ferdin…

Employees of Fraunhofer IZI at the Leipzig site in the cleanroom during the production of a CAR T cell preparation for the clinical study in Würzburg. © Fraunhofer IZI / Fraunhofer IZI employees work in the cleanroom at the Leipzig location to produce a CAR T cell preparation for the clinical study in Würzburg. © Fraunhofer IZI

The patient's immune cells and the genetic material for the ROR-1 receptor are combined in a cuvette. The genetic information enters the cell's genome through the application of electrical impulses. © Fraunhofer IZI

08.09.2025
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Cellular immunotherapy

Advances in Cancer Treatment: CAR T Cells Fight Solid Tumors

A new generation of CAR T cell therapy is bringing hope in the fight against cancer, targeting not only blood cancers but also solid tumors such as ovarian and breast cancer. Fraunhofer researchers teamed up with the University Hospital of Würzburg to streamline the complicated process of manufactur…

Location PROVIREX in Hamburg (Copyright: PROVIREX; Image rights: PROVIREX Genome Editing Therapy)

12.07.2025
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PROVIREX enables the future production of CAR-T cells

First cleanroom for CAR-T cell production in Hamburg - also for people with HIV when indicated

The CAR-T cell therapy has been expanding treatment options in Germany since 2018 for people with certain hematologic-oncological diseases. Cells for the personalized therapy are currently mostly produced in U.S. laboratories. This requires complex logistics and is associated with high costs. The bi…

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