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Student competition 'in the can'

23 August 2010

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Flying your very own rocket with its model satellite - this was the challenge facing high-school students from all over Europe this summer for the first ever European CanSat competition in Norway.

Credits: NAROM/ARR

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A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite, integrated within the volume and shape of a soft drink can.

Credits: ESA

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One of the Intruder rockets carrying CanSats.

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CanSats and Europe

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A CanSat descending

Credits: CanSat Nederland

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