Rabea Rogge[1] is an electrical engineer, robotic researcher and polar scientist who is currently scheduled to be the first female German astronaut on a SpaceX mission in early 2025[2]

Biography

Rabea was born in Berlin and studied in Zürich, specializing in arctic robotics. She obtained her master's degree in electrical engineering at ETH Zurich, currently pursuing PhD from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in the Department of Marine Technology, where her research topic is Data-driven navigation, guidance and control for autonomous surface vehicles in harsh conditions. She has also been a member of the Swiss Academic Spaceflight Initiative (ARIS) and led a satellite mission.[3]

Private spaceflight

In August 2024, SpaceX announced that Rogge would be mission specialist of the Fram2 mission of a Crew Dragon spacecraft, which aims to be the first human flight to go over the Earth's poles.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Forscherin Rogge will ins Weltall: "Es ist Zeit, dass eine Frau fliegt"". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  2. ^ "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Fram2". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  3. ^ admin. "Team 2021/22". ARIS. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  4. ^ Foust, Jeff (2024-08-13). "Crypto entrepreneur buys Crew Dragon flight". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabea_Rogge
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