The Zero Gravity Tower Preparing Us For Future Mars Missions

The Zero Gravity Tower Preparing Us For Future Mars Missions

From astrophysics to material science to biology, multidisciplinary scientists from across the globe travel to this tower to experiment with near zero gravity.

The Bremen Drop Tower was developed and built 30 years ago, and the 140-meter-high tower contains a 120-meter-high vacuum chamber used to drop experiments under conditions of nearly perfect weightlessness. Experiments performed at the Bremen Drop Tower range from fundamental physics to more applied sciences.

We spoke with Dr. Andreas Gierse, Manager of Innovation Projects at ZARM, Philip Born, PhD, a materials physicist at the German Aerospace Center, and Lisa Dossow, a researcher and PhD Student at the German Aerospace Center to take a deep dive into the Bremen Drop Tower and all it has to offer.

Find out more about how providing a more efficient portal to microgravity will create new opportunities for ambitious testing and how the Bremen Drop Tower will impact the future of scientific discovery in this Focal Point.