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Milestones and Firsts in Space ExplorationOn 31 March 2025, Rabea Rogge will make history as Germany’s first female astronaut and the first to have previously conducted research at Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich. She will launch aboard the Fram2 mission, alongside three other astronauts. This landmark human spaceflight will be the first to traverse the polar regions.This experiment is a collaboration between the University of Zurich (UZH), partner of the Center for Space and Aviation Switzerland and Liechtenstein (CSA), and the Ministry of Education of Nevis (MOE) in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.Rabea Rogge earned her Master of Science at ETH Zurich and was a key member of ARIS, an ETH student project focused on rocketry, satellites, and robotics, based at Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich. From September 2021 to April 2023, she played an instrumental role in the 30+ student nanosatellite mission SAGE. The Swiss Artificial Gravity Experiment (SAGE) aimed to launch a pioneering satellite centrifuge to study the effects of milligravity on human cell aging.Rogge also participated in the 6th Swiss Parabolic Flight Campaign, sponsored by UZH Space Hub Director Prof. Dr. Dr. Oliver Ullrich and his foundation Swiss Skylab, located at Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich. During this campaign, she tested a small satellite for ARIS.Now, Rogge will bring her expertise to space, overseeing the genomics experiment aboard Fram2. This key project investigates how space environments affect biological systems.

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Milestones and Firsts in Space Exploration

On 31 March 2025, Rabea Rogge will make history as Germany’s first female astronaut and the first to have previously conducted research at Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich. She will launch aboard the Fram2 mission, alongside three other astronauts. This landmark human spaceflight will be the first to traverse the polar regions.

This experiment is a collaboration between the University of Zurich (UZH), partner of the Center for Space and Aviation Switzerland and Liechtenstein (CSA), and the Ministry of Education of Nevis (MOE) in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.

Rabea Rogge earned her Master of Science at ETH Zurich and was a key member of ARIS, an ETH student project focused on rocketry, satellites, and robotics, based at Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich. From September 2021 to April 2023, she played an instrumental role in the 30+ student nanosatellite mission SAGE. The Swiss Artificial Gravity Experiment (SAGE) aimed to launch a pioneering satellite centrifuge to study the effects of milligravity on human cell aging.

Rogge also participated in the 6th Swiss Parabolic Flight Campaign, sponsored by UZH Space Hub Director Prof. Dr. Dr. Oliver Ullrich and his foundation Swiss Skylab, located at Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich. During this campaign, she tested a small satellite for ARIS.

Now, Rogge will bring her expertise to space, overseeing the genomics experiment aboard Fram2. This key project investigates how space environments affect biological systems.