press releases
Fire on the space station
2015/12/02
Students from the University of Bremen test the fire scenario in a rocket experiment. The assembly of the scientific payload and the final acceptance reviews will take place at ZARM during the integration week of the REXUS/BEXUS...more
Großer Andrang beim Tag der offenen Tür
2015/11/24
4.000 Gäste besuchten den Fallturm Bremen und gingen gemeinsam mit den Mitarbeitenden des ZARM den Phänomenen unter Schwerelosigkeit auf den Grund. more
School students design Drop Tower experiments
2015/11/24
For the second time, school teams in Bremen were asked to submit their proposals for participating in DroPS -Drop Tower Project for School Students. On November 20, the best ideas for scientific experiments were selected.more
25 Jahre Fallturm Bremen: Einladung zum Tag der offenen Tür
2015/10/29
Anlässlich des 25-jährigen Jubiläums des Fallturm Bremen öffnet das ZARM am 15. November von 10:00-16:00 Uhr die Türen und Tore der Fallturmhalle.more
Decision in Jerusalem: IAC 2018 goes to Bremen!
2015/10/16
The IAF General Assembly has decided: Bremen is going to host the 69th International Astronautical Congress in 2018.more
Blown up into the Stratosphere
2015/10/14
ZARM-FAB is back from a successful BEXUS mission that occurred north of the polar circle in Sweden. 6 scientific experiments by university teams had to pass a tough testing period before they were launched on the 7th and 10th on...more
School students start self-built miniature satellites
2015/09/24
The countdown has begun. The second German CanSat competition takes place from the 5th to the 9th of October, 2015 in Bremen and Rotenburg.more
Errant Galileo satellites will be used for ZARM research project
2015/08/31
When in August 2014 Professor Claus Laemmerzahl learned that Galileo satellites 5 and 6 had not reached their designated orbits, he immediately had a vision of using them for his research on the general theory of relativity. Now...more
ZARM’s executive director elected as corresponding member of the IAA
2015/08/05
By offering the membership the International Academy of Astronautics is honoring Professor Claus Lämmerzahl for his achievements in the field of space science.more
High-altitude flights for student experiments
2015/07/01
The REXUS/BEXUS 2015 program is now open for proposals. For the 9th time, university students are getting the chance to send their experiments into the stratosphere or mesosphere.more
MICROSCOPE - A space mission for testing the Equivalence Principle
2015/06/23
The 100th anniversary of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity brings new public attention to the research of ZARM scientists who are involved in the European satellite mission...more
Excellent research pays off
2015/05/11
On May 8, the "friends of ZARM" association awarded its annual prize to students for their outstanding bachelor and master thesis.more
A World-Changing Theory
2015/03/25
Honoring the 100th anniversary of Einstein's memorable speech on his Theory of General Relativity, a course of lectures on Einstein's revolutionary work will start on March 30, 2015 in the House of Science in Bremen.more
"Black holes have no hair"
2015/03/13
In his latest paper, ZARM scientist Norman Gürlebeck proves that the no-hair theorem also holds for black holes in binary systems. Despite the distortion due to tidal forces, it is shown that non-rotating and uncharged black...more
School students conduct experiments in microgravity
2015/02/25
For three months, twelve pupils from Bremen schools have swapped their classroom for a lab in the Drop Tower Bremen to construct and conduct fluid experiments in weightlessness.more
Pupils design and build mini-satellite
2015/01/21
The Second German CanSat competition is now open. The contest offers teams from German schools the chance for a first experience of a real space mission.more
Students of the University of Bremen elected for rocket experiment
2015/01/08
With an experiment proposal on fire safety in space five students of the University of Bremen managed to convince the jury of the international REXUS Program. more
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