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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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