AROUND 6 MINUTES OF MICROGRAVITY
The TEXUS project is a sounding rocket program with the primary aim to investigate the properties and behavior of materials, chemicals and biological substances in a microgravity environment. The TEXUS program gives around six minutes of microgravity.
The TEXUS programme started in 1977 and is carried out at Esrange Space Center jointly by DLR, Airbus Defence & Space, OBH-System (former EADS Astrium and Kayser Threde) and SSC. SSC is responsible for the launch operations.
The TEXUS campaigns are sometimes financed by ESA or jointly financed by DLR and ESA.