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    ‘Spin Your Thesis!’

    The Large Diameter Centrifuge at ESA-ESTEC
    The LDC at ESTEC

    The ‘Spin Your Thesis!’ programme gives university students the opportunity to perform a scientific or technology experiment which is linked to their syllabus, by participating in a centrifuge campaign that provides hypergravity conditions.

    The experiments are carried out in the ESA Large Diameter Centrifuge facility at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

    Quick Facts

    Project: 'Spin Your Thesis!'
    Level: University
    Status: 2012 campaign complete (September - November)
    2013 call for proposals open.
    Deadline: 5 February 2013
    Contact: Natacha Callens, spinyourthesis @ esa.int

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