ESA's Maxus 4 sub-orbital microgravity mission was launched on 29 April form ESRANGE, near Kiruna in Northern Sweden.. During the last two years, scientists form five European countries have been working together with the engineering teams form Astrium GmbH and the Swedish Space Corporation in preparation for the Maxus 4 mission of the European Space Agency. The Maxus 4 rocket carried a payload of seven experiments stacked in five self-contained modules. They were designed to investigate phenomena in fluid physics and materials science that are difficult or impossible to observe on Earth.
The Maxus 4 flight was designed to provide weightlessness to the experiments for the duration or about 12.5 minutes. On its flight, the payload was planned to reach an apogee of 710km. On the down-leg, at an altitude of 6km the main parachute would be deployed to ensure the safe landing of the Maxus 4 payload at a distance of about 80 km down-range. I was to be brought back by helicopter, normally within one hour af

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08:00:48 Dr Dold, University of Freiburg, Mirror Furnace Module investigator
08:01:00 Prof Croll, University of Freiberg, Mirror Furnace Module investigator
08:01:12 Gold coated mirror of furnace module and assembly by Dr Dold and Proff Croll
08:09:50 ITW's with Dr Dold and Prof Croll
08:16:04 Inside blockhouse with engineers and investigators during countdown
08:17:00 Telecommand console to remotely contorl experiment during flight
08:19:50 Dr Fortezza, Mars Centre in Naples, investigating telescience via ISDN line to Napoli University in Naples for experiment of Professor Moni
08:20:50 Image from infra-red camera of liquid bridge experiment with 2 engineers from Astrium. On RHS is Dr Meyer Optical Engineer and on LHS is Mr Stennau Electrical Engineer
08:21:58 Mr Engler, Kayser Threde, Munich
08:22:52 Inside integration hall, 3 engineers from Astrium working on TEXUS 39 experiment module
08:23:49 Mr Zdarsky, Maxus operation manager inside operations centre of ESRANGE mai