Student Programs
Rocket and Balloon Experiments for University Students
Allowing university students across Europe to carry out scientific and technological experiments on research rockets and balloons.
REXUS/BEXUS
The REXUS/BEXUS program is a Swedish-German educational sounding rocket program for university students, providing access to microgravity for the students’ experiments. The program allows students from universities and higher education colleges across Europe to carry out scientific and technological experiments on research rockets and balloons, and is realized under a bilateral Agency Agreement between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA). The Swedish share of the payload has been made available to students from other European countries through a collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA).
Learn more at https://rexusbexus.net/
High school students program
EXPLORA is a STEAM program that enables high school students across Sweden to engage in a complete project life-cycle, from initial concept development to the launch of a weather balloon and the presentation of scientific results. EXPLORA is also about international collaboration.
The annual call for participation is open from June to October 15. Selected teams receive technical support from SSC Space throughout the program. All launches are conducted each year at Esrange Space Center, usually in May.
EXPLORA is a national initiative funded by the Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA).
