Computational Fluid Mechanics Group
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SUCCESS Student Contest of ESA |
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently launched the 4th SUCCESS Student contest, which invites students to propose and conceive an experiment on the International Space Station (ISS).
The ISS is a permanently manned research laboratory orbiting the Earth in 400 km altitude. It offers unique research conditions, in particular weightlessness. The research module Columbus, which is Europe’s most important contribution to the ISS, is due to be launched and attached to the ISS at the end of 2007. It will further enhance the opportunities for life sciences, physical sciences and technology development.
In order to stimulate the minds of young people, ESA, one of the major partners in the ISS programme, is organising the SUCCESS Student Contest for university students.
The SUCCESS Student Contest invites university students to propose an experiment on board the ISS.
The first prize is an internship at ESA’s space research and technology centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands. During this internship the winner(s) can work on his/her (their) experiment preparing it for flight to the ISS.
More detailed information is available at: www.esa.int/success
Deadline for abstracts is Feb 1, 2008