Double Rocket Launch Sends Viper and T-Rex Soaring

Two rocket launches with ESA-led experiments are flying to the edge of space just a week apart, providing unique data to researchers eager to learn more about fundamental physics, semiconductor production, the formation of planets and how our immune cells react to spaceflight. The experiments include investigating the interaction between free-floating particles and growing crystals, simulating the first stages of planet formation, studying how flames propagate through clouds of iron particles, and looking at how the gene expression system in immune cells responds to the sounding rocket flight.