https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Astronaut Alexander Gerst will be the first German commander of the International Space Station (ISS) on his next trip to the final frontier. https://www.thelocal.de/20160518/german-astronaut-to-take-command-of-space-station Wed, 18 May 2016 18:51:22 +0200 german-astronaut-to-take-command-of-space-station Documents going on sale in London show how the Nazis tested V2 rockets, including firing them at their own cities. https://www.thelocal.de/20150313/nazis-bombed-own-cities-for-target-practise Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:10:29 +0100 nazis-bombed-own-cities-for-target-practise After 165 days in zero gravity, Alexander Gerst, who wowed the world with his photos from space, flashed a broad grin as he landed on Earth safely with two of his crew members. https://www.thelocal.de/20141110/german-astronaut-gerst-back-down-to-earth Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:29:00 +0100 german-astronaut-gerst-back-down-to-earth Among the large portion of the Earth’s population expected to watch Sunday’s World Cup final, one pair of extra-terrestrial German eyes will be tracking the historic match from the heavens. https://www.thelocal.de/20140713/germa-astronaut-alexander-gerst-watching-the-world-cup-from-space Sun, 13 Jul 2014 19:51:00 +0200 germa-astronaut-alexander-gerst-watching-the-world-cup-from-space German researchers have created a stunning 3D model of the Moon, using 70,000 images from NASA. They hope it will help lay the groundwork for future manned and unmanned lunar missions. https://www.thelocal.de/20111123/39055 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:21:00 +0100 39055 German scientists unveiled on Friday the key part of a flat-sided, re-usable space rocket they say would be much cheaper and easier to build than NASA's space shuttles. https://www.thelocal.de/20100716/28561 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:19:00 +0200 28561 The University of Stuttgart’s Institute of Aircraft Design (IFB) has announced that it has begun the construction of an aircraft powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, the Hydrogenius, which it hopes will compete in NASA’s Green Flight Challenge competition. https://www.thelocal.de/20090925/22157 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:05:00 +0200 22157 German astronaut Thomas Reiter has called for a greater share of European resources to be spent on space exploration and expressed his hope Germany would one day land on the Moon and Mars. https://www.thelocal.de/20080724/13265 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:44:00 +0200 13265 It was an incredible tale of a German schoolboy spotting a miscalculation by the US space agency, proving the chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth were higher than initially believed. https://www.thelocal.de/20080417/11351 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:56:00 +0200 11351