Press & Media

On Friday, 29 April 2016, the outstanding scientific work of four young scientists will be awarded by the non-profit association "Friends of ZARM".

On 25 April 2016 at 23:02 hrs the Soyuz STA rocket launched successfully from Kuorou. Onboard is the MICROSCOPE satellite that might proof Einstein's theory of general relativity wrong.

On 16 April 2016 at 11.57 a.m. the ZEpHyR rocket was successfully launched in spite of heavy snowfall.

Read here about the suspenseful week the ZARM team spent at the rocket launching site Esrange in Kiruna, Sweden

In the early morning of 18 march 2016, the successuful launch of REXUS 19 took place. Along with three other student experiments, the sounding rocket carried the scientific payload of the UB-Fire team from the University of Bremen.

As of 1st of March 2016, Marc Avila holds the Chair in Fluid Mechanics of the University of Bremen and takes over the position of Executive Director of the ZARM.

First direct detection of gravitational waves will have a huge impact on astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology also for the gravitational-physics research group at ZARM.

In order to get to know the scientific institutes of the University of Bremen, the Bremen mayor visited ZARM today and met not only ZARM representatives, but also a students team working on their own microgravity experiment.

The 3rd German CanSat competition is now open. The project offers pupils form German schools the opportunity to participate in a mini space mission. Teams can submit their proposal for a small satellite (in the size of soft drink can)...