What is REXUS/BEXUS?

REXUS/BEXUS is a project from the german and swedish space agencies aimed at university students. As a team, you develop an experiment, with support from experts and launch it on a stratospheric balloon or rocket!

On Sunday, we submitted our documentation to the jury board leading up to the Critical Design Review (CDR). In the upcoming days, we will tell you more about our experiment and it's design, so stay tuned!

#REXUS #BEXUS

How do #microplastics reach every ecosystem on earth? Via the air!

Microplastics have been found to fall from the sky in the arctic and other remote locations, but little is known about how they behave in the atmosphere. Simulations show that these particles might even reach the stratosphere, but data is missing to confirm that. With PHILEAS, we hope to contribute to that research, launching a microplastic detector on a BEXUS stratospheric balloon!

#bexus #hab

The Girls'Day is an event where schoolgirls have the possibility to learn about jobs that are stereotypically done mostly by men. Since the REXUS/BEXUS programme stands for education PEANUT, SHROOMS and PHILEAS wanted to pass on a bit of the possibilities that were given to us.

In the event the girls had the possibility to try different insulation methods used in stratospheric balloons, simulate a balloon recovery, were able to make some vacuum experiments and had a parachute competition!