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German Lasers take off: Omicron LightHUB on a journey in space
In the course of the project: "Fluorescence Microscopy Analysis under Microgravity" (FLUMIAS) a TEXUS VSB-30 rocket launched on April 27, 2015 at 6:55 in Esrange, Sweden. On board: an Omicron LightHUB laser combiner equipped with four LuxX diode lasers in different wavelengths, serving as a light source for a spinning disk fluorescence microscope, with the purpose to obtain high resolution pictures and videos of the cytoskeleton dynamics of human cells in microgravity during a 6 minute parabolic flight. The research rocket ascended to approximately 250 kilometers hight. During start, reentry into atmosphere and the hard impact of the payload stage on earth when landing, powers of up to 25G occurred.…