German astronaut Rabea Rogge: Weightlessness was the most magical thing

Berlin. Rabea Rogge, the first German woman in space, particularly enjoyed the weightlessness during her four-day mission. The suspension of gravity was the most magical thing, the 29-year-old told the German Press Agency. "Everything works differently," she explained. "You feel like a child again because there's so much to figure out all at once."

Even the launch was an incredible feeling, said Rogge, who is originally from Berlin and is currently pursuing her doctorate in Norway. But then there was the moment "where you feel like you're falling forward, but then you're already in orbit," she continued. "And then the strange thing was that everything started to float."

The launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Rabea Rogge on March 31

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It was very fascinating, but also "very nauseating," Rogge said. "We got used to it pretty quickly within the first day. And then you can start playing around with it."

Rogge and three other crew members recently traveled in space in a “Dragon” space capsule as part of the “Fram2” mission – named after a Norwegian polar research vessel from the 19th century.

At the beginning of April, the crew landed again in the ocean off the US coast. A billionaire had commissioned tech billionaire Elon Musk's space company SpaceX for the mission.

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