Adlershof Journal January/February 2026

Moon dust and museum exhibits: This campus takes flight

For millennia, humans have looked to the sky, exploring the origins of the cosmos and expanding their understanding of the world. Adlershof is a magnet for the particularly inquisitive. In this January issue, we showcase examples from both past and present, while also remembering visionary pilot Melli Beese, whose 100th death anniversary fell in December 2025…

PERSPECTIVES 
by Ulrich Köhler: From Adlershof into the depths of the solar system

IN CONVERSATION WITH 
Ulrich Unger, who is committed to preserving the heritage of German aviation history

PORTRAIT 
The mentor: Tabea Tauscher experiments with young people at DLR_School_Lab Berlin

COVER STORY 
A proving ground for pioneers: Researchers and developers at the Adlershof Technology Park are still making history in the aviation and aerospace sector

CAMPUS 
Just after the Big Bang: Heiko Lacker is searching for previously unknown elementary particles

RESEARCH 
Worlds made of ice: How cameras and lasers map Jupiter’s moons

NEW COMPANIES 
Passive air conditioning: Nanolope is developing a panel-shaped thermal energy storage system that can be mounted on walls or ceilings

GASTRONOMY 
Saving the best for last: Adlershof recently gained a small but lovely lunch and deli spot

MEDIA 
Sounds from another dimension: How the Subharchord lives on