The Astronauts

Training at the Plasma-Crystal-Experiment

Press conference

PKE-Experimenal setup

with friendly permission of company Kayser-Threde

Logo of the Plasma-Crystal-Experiment, the first scientific test set-up, used on the international Space Station.

with friendly permission of company Fa. Kayser-Threde

ISS-Service Module

Experiments during parabola flights

Two Ph.D. students of the Max-Planck-Institute for extraterrestrial Physics during a parabola on board of the „Airbus A-300“-airplane. During about 25 seconds of microgravity conditions, Uwe Konopka (in front) und Dirk Goldbeck are preparing the PKE-Experiment for the International Space Station.

TEXUS-sounding rocket experiments

with friendly permission of company Fa. Kayser-Threde

Explanations

Phase space for laboratory and usual plasmas