Rabea Rogge

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Rabea Rogge
Born1995
Berlin, Germany
Nationality German
Alma mater ETH Zurich
Occupation(s) electrical engineer, robotic researcher and polar scientist
Known forPrivate astronaut aboard Fram2
Relatives
Space career
Crew Dragon Astronaut
Time in space
3 days, 14 hours and 32 minutes
Missions Fram2
Website https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/rabea.rogge

Rabea Rogge [1] is an electrical engineer, robotic researcher, polar scientist and private astronaut who flew on the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience, as part of the Fram2 mission. [2] She is the first female German astronaut. [3]

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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. [4]

Private spaceflight

In April 2025, Rogge flew to space as the mission specialist of the Fram2 mission of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, the first human flight to a polar orbit. [5] i.e., to fly over Earth's poles. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Forscherin Rogge will ins Weltall: "Es ist Zeit, dass eine Frau fliegt"". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  2. ↑ Dinner, Josh (1 April 2025). "SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles". Space.com. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Fram2". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  4. ↑ admin. "Team 2021/22". ARIS. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  5. ↑ McDowell, Jonathan [@planet4589] (April 1, 2025). "First Space Force orbit data for Fram-2 out , showing it in a 202 x 413 km x 90.01 deg orbit" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ↑ Foust, Jeff (2024-08-13). "Crypto entrepreneur buys Crew Dragon flight". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
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