List of Drop Towers
- The Queensland University of Technology Drop Tower Facility, Phenomena in Microgravity Laboratory
- NASA Glenn Research Center 2.2 Second Drop Tower
- NASA Glenn Research Center Zero-G Research Facility
- Micro-Gravity Laboratory of Japan (MGLAB) (Closed June 2010)
- Fallturm Bremen
- Applied Dynamics Laboratories drop tower for spinning spacecraft
- Experimental drop tube of the metallurgy department of Grenoble
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Drop Tube Facility is currently mothballed
- Portland State University Dryden Drop Tower
- National Microgravity Laboratory (China)
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