Meet the experts

At ZARM you can find experts for questions concerning fluid mechanics, space sciences and technologies, and experiments under microgravity conditions - ranging from engineers to physicists, mathematicians and IT specialists.
The ZARM concept

ZARM strives to set new standards - in engineering and science as well as in social responsibility. Diverse and multidisciplinary teams are our key factors for sustained technological and scientific progress.
Microgravity at its best

ZARM's most prominent facility is the Drop Tower Bremen providing 9.3 seconds of weightlessness - more than any other earthbound laboratory worldwide.

European CanSat 2017 participants ©ESA
Students work on their satellites ©ESA
The Spanish team wins the European CanSat 2017 competition ©ESA
Launch of the rocket ©ESA

Spanish team wins European CanSat competition in Bremen

Schoolteams from all over Europe started self built satellitesmore

Naoki Okumura and his delegation in front of the ZARM building
Marc Avila welcomes JAXA Director Naoki Okumura

JAXA Director Naoki Okumura visits ZARM

On June 22nd, Naoki Okumura, President of the Japanese Space Agency JAXA, visited the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) at the University of Bremen.more

Robert M. Lightfoot Jr., NASA Acting Administrator and Prof. Marc Avila, ZARM Director
Robert Lightfoot celebrates "National Selfie Day" with the students of the University of Bremen

Marc Avila welcomes NASA Director at ZARM

The head of the American Space Agency NASA visits ZARM and speaks to students of the University of Bremenmore

Big final in the Bremen drop tower: DroPs - student experiments under microgravity

Three school teams from the Gymnasium Vegesack, the International School of Bremen (ISB) and the integrated school from Osterholz-Scharmbeck (IGS-OHZ) were rewarded for the long and intensive work on... more