The Berliner Rabea Rogge was the first German woman to start space. On board a “Dragon” capsule, Rogge from the Cape Canaveral space station in the US state of Florida, as shown on live pictures. The start takes place with a Falcon 9 rocket by the SpaceX space company by Tech billionaire Elon Musk. “Fram2”-named after a Norwegian polar research ship from the 19th century-is to fly over the polar regions of the earth for around four days. Heavenly lights are to be examined from a height of 425 to 450 kilometers, and according to SpaceX, the first X -ray images of people in space could also be created. According to SpaceX, 22 scientific studies are to be carried out. “Crew is strong and wants to overcome borders” for the mission called “Fram2”, another billionaire has commissioned the SpaceX company to carry out an all -flight out of private interest. This time it was the Maltese Chun Wang, born in China, who became rich with cryptocurrencies and is also on board. Rogge once met the billionaire during expedition training on Spitzbergen. He later asked her if she wanted to be at the flight. In addition to Rogge, the filmmaker Jannicke Mikkelsen from Norway and the polar guide Eric Philips from Australia are also in addition to Rogge. For months they have prepared for the mission with intensive training. “Our crew is strong, our training is intensive and our goal is not only to overcome boundaries, but also to create new opportunities for space travel and science,” said Rogge in advance of the German press agency. A SpaceX rocket canceled from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral Civil Crew in space-not even pilot certificate “Inspiration4” 2021 and “Polaris Dawn “2024-both also carried out by SpaceX-it is the third all-trip with a crew, which does not include a trained astronaut. Not even a pilot’s license has one of them, said Rogge. “It is now about making space flight more accessible instead of considering it exclusive. This is the only way we can plan new, even more interesting space missions and postpone the limits.” According to the German Aerospace Center (DLR), twelve German men have been in space so far. There have been several candidates and reserve drivers, but a woman has never really flew. Five women will be in space at the same time at the same time in the mission: Rogge and Mikkelsen at “Fram2” as well as at the international space station is the US astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers and Wang Haoze at the Chinese station “Tiangong” (Himmelpalast). Valentina Tereschkowa flew into space on June 16, 1963 with the “Wostok 6” spaceship. For her almost three -day stay in weightlessness, the Russian, radio name “Tchaika” (Möwe), is now considered a living legend in Moscow. The Soviet Union celebrated a triumph in the cosmic race against the United States: Lilienthal medal, freedom bell, comrades 29-year-old Rogge is officially involved in the “Fram2” mission as a scientific specialist. She studied electrical engineering and information technology at ETH Zurich. For her doctoral thesis, she switched to the technical and scientific university of Norwegs. In all of them, Rogge took a memorial medal to flight pioneer Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) and a small replica of the freedom bell in the town hall in Berlin-Schöneberg-the district in which she was born. She also has an analog camera with her: “I am excited to see how the films will come out.” “We want to show the Pioneering Spirit mission, arouse curiosity and demonstrate technology innovation,” said Rogge in advance. “I find it really encouraging to see how far we as humanity have come – if it is possible to build autonomous spaceships, everything should actually be possible.”
