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    'Drop Your Thesis!'

    ZARM Drop Tower in Bremen

    The 'Drop Your Thesis!' programme gives university students the opportunity to perform their own scientific experiment in microgravity conditions, as part of their Masters thesis, PhD thesis or research programme, by participating in an ESA-sponsored campaign at the drop tower facility operated of the ZARM Centre of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity in Bremen, Germany.

    Quick Facts

    Project: 'Drop Your Thesis!'
    Level: University
    Status: GAGa DropT team preparation on going.
    2012 campaign 26 November – 7 December.
    2013 call for proposals open.
    Deadline 11 February 2013.
    Contact: Natacha Callens, dropyourthesis @ esa.int

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              • GAGa DropT (2012)
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