Rabea Rogge
German electrical engineer and polar scientist
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- Rabea Patricia Rogge 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.
- Biography Rabea was born in Berlin and studied in Zürich, specializing in arctic robotics.
- 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.
- During the mission, Rogge made their first amateur radio contact from a Dragon capsule with TU Berlin, and conducted a STEM activity using SSTV in partnership with Amateur Radio on the International Space Station.
Rabea Patricia Rogge 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. She is the first female German astronaut.
Biography
Rabea was born in Berlin and studied in Zürich, specializing in arctic robotics. She obtained her bachelor degree and master 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.
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. i.e., to fly over Earth's poles. During the mission, Rogge made their first amateur radio contact from a Dragon capsule with TU Berlin, and conducted a STEM activity using SSTV in partnership with Amateur Radio on the International Space Station. . Rogge holds amateur radio callsigns LB9NJ and KD3AID.
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