European Space Agency
ESA Academy

Fly Your Thesis! 2019 Schedule

20/04/2018

Step A.1 Project definition and writing of the proposal for all applicants

Documents expected:

Experiment proposal and professor’s letter of endorsement

Deadline:

9 Sept 2018 23:59 CET

Step A.2 Review of experiment proposal and shortlisting of teams

Results will be announced 17 Sept 2018 at latest

Step B.1 Completing the experiment safety data package for shortlisted teams

Documents expected: 

Experiment Safety Data Package (ESDP) v1

Deadline:

24 Sept 2018 23:59 CET

Step B.2 Selection Workshop at ESA/ESTEC – 11-12 Oct 2018

Documents expected:

Presentation slides of the project

Evaluation by the Review Board and safety review by prime contractor

The final selection of up to four teams is announced in early November.

Step C. Workshop and Experiment preparation

Training Workshop

Gravity-related Experiments Training Workshop, ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium on 29 Jan – 1 Feb 2019

Documents expected:

Experiment report, ESDP. Several iterations will be delivered to ESA Education Office and Novespace experts before the campaign on a case by case basis. 

Step D. Parabolic flights campaign 

18-29 Nov 2019

Documents expected: 

Feedback report. Few weeks after the campaign.

Step E. Analysis of results

Documents expected:

Paper. Results to be submitted in paper format to ESA Education four months after the campaign.