Whales, puffins, 2500 inhabitants, one airport – this is Andenes, a small town at the northern tip of Norway's Andøya island. Located approximately 300 kilometres above the Arctic Circle, it is also Europe's northernmost spaceport and launch site for sounding rockets. Here, idyllic nature meets high-tech – and in autumn 2025, right in the middle of it all, a team from DLR.
