The Fly Your Thesis! (FYT) programme gives master students and PhD candidates the opportunity to fly their scientific experiment or technological research in microgravity conditions. The experiments can be related to fluid physics, chemistry, biology, human physiology, material sciences, heat transfer and astrophysics. The parabolic flight campaign takes place on the Airbus A310 AirZeroG aircraft, which is operated by Novespace from Bordeaux, France. Each campaign consists of a series of three flights of 31 parabolas each. Each parabola provides about 22 seconds of weightlessness.
Student teams with ideas for experiments should read more about the programme and eligibility criteria on the Fly Your Thesis! website and submit their proposal before the 4th October 2020 at 23:59 CET deadline. Selection of experiments will be done in November 2020 after a selection workshop where shortlisted teams will defend their proposals in front of a panel of experts. Selected teams will then have one year to develop their experiments with the support from ESA, Novespace and the European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA). The experiment campaign will be run in October/November 2021.
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