DLR (German Aerospace Center)

The DLR is the German space agency cooperating with NASA in the SOFIA project. DLR is responsible for supplying the telescope assembly to NASA. DLR will also contribute one fifth of the total effort required for the operational support. The cooperation between the US and German space agencies continues a long tradition of joint US and German space research ventures.

German activities for SOFIA are carried out in two DLR locations, Bonn and Berlin. The entire project is managed from DLR in Bonn. The project office in Berlin handles scientific and technical support to contractors during the design and development of the telescope. It also supports German science groups developing instruments for SOFIA, and organizes the German education and public outreach program.

Contacts:

DLR
Königswinterer Str. 522-524 D-53227
Bonn-Oberkassel Germany

Dietmar Lilienthal
SOFIA Operations Program Manager
dietmar.lilienthal@dlr.de

Alois Himmes
SOFIA Development Program Manager
alois.himmes@dlr.de