Functional Test of the FlowCell
During the functional test the foraminfera was injected into the FlowCell for the very first time. The FlowCell will be home to them during the rocket experiment. On the one …
Critical Design Review
Our Critical Design Review at DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen was a crucial event for us. This was the moment to find out whether our experiment is on the right track. Some …
We have a mission patch!
A manned mission to space has an own mission patch. You can find the name of the mission or the year for example. A graphic to represent the goal of …
Our First Science Slam
This is our science slam – a story about foraminiferas. We presented it at Uberseemueseum at Lange Nacht der Museen. It is in German, but English subtitles are about to …
Girl’s Day at ZARM
We were part of the Girl’s Day at ZARM, the centre of applied space technology and microgravity in Bremen. Team leader Greta Sondej will share her experience of this special …
Forarex or Foralex?
It may not remain hidden from attentive readers, that something about this homepage changed: it is now called “FORAREX”, not “FORALEX”. ARE WE FORAREX OR FORALEX? Indeed this is confusing, …
Hypergravity (and why we need it)
How creatures are reacting to normal gravity we can see in our daily life. For our investigation something else is interesting: the areas of the force of gravity that are …
VLOG: Student Training Week
During the REXUS/BEXUS student training week at ESRANGE Space Centre we recorded some impressions to take you with us. We are publishing them at our new youtube channel in a …
Preparing for Sweden
In the beginning of February four team members are going to travel to ESRANGE Space Centre – which is the site of the rocket launch next year. For now the …
the foraminiferas are travelling to space
We are having great news! After the final selection workshop in Bonn last week, we received a response. And: FORAREX has been selected to participate at REXUS 25/26 campaign and will …