MAIUS 1 – First Bose-Einstein condensate generated in space - For the first time, ultra-cold atoms interfere in space The #MAIUS 1 experiment could be described as one of the most complex experiment ever flown on a sounding rocket. MAIUS 1 was launched at 03:30 Central European Time (CET) on 23 January 2016 on board a sounding rocket from the Esrange Space Center near Kiruna in northern Sweden. During the approximately six-minute microgravity phase of the flight, German scientists succeeded in p