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For the 3rd time, the German CanSat competition is taking place in Bremen. On 28 September 2016, school students will have the chance to launch their self-built mini satellite with a rocket up to a height of one kilometer.

The Research Training Group „Models of Gravity“ organises a summer school on relativistic accretion in September, 26-30, at ZARM. The main foci of the school are the analytical models, current state of observational data from accretion discs...

The Fulbright Programme supports the academic exchange between the USA and 155 other countries and is one of the most distinguished scholarships worldwide. Professor James C. Hermanson from the University of Washington will be visiting the ZARM...

On 6 June 2016, the DroPS project (Drop Tower Project for School Students) reached its final highlight. Three school teams conducted their own experiment in Europe's largest drop facility, the Drop Tower Bremen.

Three school teams are getting prepared for the final highlight of the DroPS project (Drop Tower Project for School Students): On 6 June 2016 they will have the chance to test their own experiments...

The German Research Foundation approves funding of a new special research field on the development of quantum sensors to be initiated on July 1st, 2016.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) approves all proposals of the University of Bremen for research training groups, among them "Models of Gravity" headed by ZARM at the University of Bremen and the University of Oldenburg.

DLR and ZARM offer students the chance to create their own experiments to be carried out in the Drop Tower Bremen. On May 19, 2016, these set-ups will be tested in a 10-meter fall in the "Space Tower" of the DLR_School_Lab.

On May 2, 2016, the MICROSCOPE project reached a major milestone when the experiment was activated and started transmitting the first data.