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Milestones in the Development of EXPLORE

EXPLORE is a complex experiment for the microgravity flight of the REXUS rocket. From its conception in 2009 to the flight and data analysis in spring 2011, many more or less official milestones need to be tackled by the team. Here we present some of them1

Overview of the EXPLORE project timeplan
Timeframe/Date Milestone Status
2009, 1 Sept. Announcement of opportunity for the REXUS 9/10 experiments completed
2009, fall Formulation of the EXPLORE idea and design of the experiment concept by aerospace students at the University of Stuttgart, Germany completed
2009, 16 Nov. Submission of the EXPLORE experiment proposal to DLR completed
2009, 20 Nov. Announcement of the pre-selected experiment proposals and invitation to the selection workshop by DLR selected
2009, 14-15 Dec. Selection workshop at the DLR Space Agency in Bonn-Oberkassel, Germany: resentation of the project concept passed
2009, 21 Dec. Announcement of final selection of experiments for the REXUS 9/10 flights selected
2010, 1-5 Feb. Student Training Week and Preliminary Design Review (PDR) at Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden passed
2010, 11 April 1st REXUS Public Day at the Yuri's Night 2010 in the Planetarium Stuttgart, Germany: EXPLORE presents together with other experiment teams to the public and press completed
2010, 23-24 April 1st EXPLORE test weekend at the IRS in Stuttgart, Germany completed
2010, 21 May 2nd EXPLORE test weekend at the IRS in Stuttgart, Germany completed
2010, 8-9 June Critical Design Review (CDR) at the DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany passed
2010, 16 July CDR-SED Update Delivery delivered
2010, 23-24 July 3rd EXPLORE test weekend at the IRS in Stuttgart, Germany completed
2010, 17-19 Sept. 4th EXPLORE test weekend at the IRS in Stuttgart, Germany completed
2010, 5 Oct. IPR-SED Delivery delivered
2010, 8-11 Oct. 5th EXPLORE test weekend at the IRS in Stuttgart, Germany completed
2010, 12 Oct. Interim Progress Review (IPR) at the IRS in Stuttgart, Germany passed
2010, 14 Oct. Vacuum test at the IRS in Stuttgart passed
2010, 15 Oct. Thermal-vacuum test at the IRS in Stuttgart passed
2010, 4 Nov. First vibration testing at the DLR in Stuttgart passed
2010, 13-14 Nov. 6th EXPLORE test weekend at the IRS in Stuttgart, Germany completed
2010, 20-21 Nov. 7th EXPLORE test weekend at the IRS in Stuttgart, Germany completed
2010, 22 Nov. EXPLORE service simulator test at DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany passed
2010, 4-5 Dec. EXPLORE final integration at the IRS in Stuttgart, Germany completed
2010, 7-8 Dec. Final vibration testing of the EXPLORE experiment at the DLR in Bremen, Germany
Experiment delivery and Experiment Acceptance Review (EAR)
passed
2010, 9-10 Dec. Payload integration tests at the DLR in Bremen, Germany passed
2011, 17-18 Jan. REXUS 9 Bench Test at DLR in Oberpfaffenhofen passed
2011, 31 Jan. REXUS 9/10 Spin Test at Inventia in Stockhom passed
2011, 14-26 Feb. REXUS 9/10 Launch Campaign at the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden in planning

2011, 22 Feb

REXUS 9 launch from Esrange Space Center

success!

2011, 22-26 May 20th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research in Hyères, France completed
2011, 30 May DLGR Space Conference in Stuttgart completed
2011, June Delivery of final documentation of the experiment, including the technical design and the scientific results, to DLR completed
2011, 6-9 Sep. ELGRA Symposium "Gravity: from µ to x !" in Antwerp, Belgium completed
2011, 3-7 Oct. 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Cape Town, South Africa completed