60 YEARS DLR LAMPOLDSHAUSEN - THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND TEST SITE FOR CHEMICAL SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEMS

摘要

The DLR site at Lampoldshausen, which employs some 230 staff, was founded in 1959 by space pioneer Professor Eugen Sanger to act as a test site for liquid rocket engines. The site went into operation in 1962. In January 2002 the DLR facility at Lampoldshausen. which is home to all research activities and experiments relating to rocket test facilities, was officially named the Institute of Space Propulsion.