Dear MC alumni,As part of...

Dear MC alumni, As part of the European Low Gravity Research Association (www.elgra.org), I am promoting educational programs offered by the European Space Agency (ESA). European and Canadian university students from Bachelor’s to PhD level are eligible. Please, feel free to share this message, motivate and support studetns around you. In summary: The programme “Spin Your Thesis” gives university students the opportunity to perform during up to 3 days scientific or technological research in hypergravity conditions (up to 20g). The "Drop Your Thesis!" programme gives university students the opportunity to perform 5 times a scientific or technological experiment in microgravity conditions (10-6 g) for up to 9.3s. These facilities are used to perform research in a multitude of scientific fields such as biological, biochemical, microbiological, opto-physical, physical, material sciences, fluid sciences, geology, and plasma physics. The REXUS and BEXUS programmes offer opportunities for student experiments to be flown on sounding rockets and stratospheric balloons. REXUS experiments are launched on an unguided, spin-stabilised rocket up to an altitude of 75- 90 km and offers approximatively 120s of reduced gravity conditions (10-2g). BEXUS experiments are lifted by a balloon to an altitude of 25-30 km for a duration is 2-5 hours. For more information: http://www.esa.int/Education/Spin_Your_Thesis!_programme http://www.esa.int/Education/About_Drop_Your_Thesis http://www.esa.int/Education/Rocket_Balloon_Experiments_for_University_Students Best. Carole