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Student winner to fly experiment in space

ESA's SUCCESS student contest drew to a close last week with an award ceremony at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC), in Cologne, Germany. With the first prize of a one-year ESA internship up for grabs, the authors of the proposals to reach the final round eagerly awaited the climax of the day – the announcement of the winners.

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