press releases
'Drop Your Thesis!' 2011 campaign successfully concluded
2011/11/21
15 November 2011 - press release by ESA. The third 'Drop Your Thesis' campaign, sponsored by ESA's Education Office, has been concluded successfully at the ZARM drop tower in Bremen, Germany. This year, the unique opportunity...more
6000th Experiment in the Drop Tower Bremen
2011/10/28
27th October 2011 - Today at 18:00 clock the 6000th successful microgravity experiment took place at the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM). The demand has increased in recent years to the extent that for...more
Second Series of Experiments on the International Space Station ISS
2011/09/21
Bremen, 21th September 2011 - The Bremen team from the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) is now operating their second experiment on the International Space Station. ZARM scientists at ground control...more
Erster Preis für Fallturmexperimente zur Planetenentstehung (German)
2011/05/25
This press release is currently not available in English. Seit 1990 organisiert der Förderverein ZARM e.V. die bundesweite Ausschreibung eines jährlichen Förderpreises. In diesem Jahr erhält René Weidling den mit 1.000 Euro...more
Pioneer Anomalie entschlüsselt (German)
2011/05/25
This press release is currently not available in English. Geheimnisvolle Positionsabweichungen der Raumsonden Pioneer 10 und 11 nach jahrelanger Forschung aufgeklärt. Seit 1979 registriert die NASA eine winzige Abbremsung der...more
Universitäten Bremen und Oldenburg erhalten DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Models of Gravity" (German)
2011/05/16
This press release is currently not available in English. Pressemitteilung der Universitäten Bremen und Oldenburg Gute Nachrichten für die Metropolregion Bremen – Oldenburg: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) hat den...more
Neue Strömungseffekte in Schwerelosigkeit entdeckt (German)
2011/03/31
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ZARM-Mitarbeiterin Dr. Eva Hackmann mit DPG-Preis ausgezeichnet (German)
2011/03/30
This press release is currently not available in English. 29.03.2011, Karlsruhe - Die Fachverbände Gravitation undRelativitätstheorie, Hadronen und Kerne sowie Teilchenphysik derDeutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft (DPG)...more
German scientists commence remote-controlled experiments on board the International Space Station
2011/01/02
Huntsville, Alabama, 02.01.2011 A new experiment has begun operating onboard the International Space Station (ISS) today. The purpose of the CCF experiment – CCF is short for Capillary Channel Flow - is to...more