2025
Project RATATOSK
Project RATATOSK, a student-led project involving engineering, physics, and computer science students from the University of Southern Denmark and Aarhus University, is part of the REXUS/BEXUS programme organized by DLR, SNSA, ESA, SSC, and MORABA. The project focuses on a twofold experiment for a stratospheric balloon launch, developing a thermal camera for animal tracking and an x-band telecommunication link.
Recently, the team took part in a Critical Design Review (CDR) at the European Space Agency’s ESTEC facility in the Netherlands, where they presented their progress and plans for the mission (see photo below). The team is now moving forward with the next steps in preparation for the upcoming launch in beginning of October 2025.
Article about Manuel Meyer
Read more about Manuel in this article: Hunting Dark Matter Particles in the University Basement.
2024
Get an introduction to Einstein's Universe
Sofie Marie Koksbang delivered a talk about Einstein, the universe, observations and mysteries in December 2024. See it here (youTube).