by Hermínia Saraiva | Jun 23, 2021 | News
The data is still preliminary, but the figures that the European Space Agency released this Wednesday, 23 June, show that 317 Portuguese applicants have joined the running. In total, more than 22 thousand people applied for one of the six open positions of ESA...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Jun 6, 2021 | Events
For the fourth consecutive year, the Portuguese Space Agency is holding the New Space Atlantic Summit, which will take place on 8 June 2021 in Coimbra, Portugal. Focusing on “New Space for People”, this year Summit will be organised in the framework of the Portuguese...
by Hermínia Saraiva | May 21, 2021 | Opinion
2008, on my way to Germany, flying above the clouds, following a dream that was more than 20 years old… Chosen from among 8,000 candidates, I was one of 900 who took psycho technical tests in the first selection phase, undoubtedly one of the most difficult. It was not...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Mar 24, 2021 | News
Applications for the second edition of the European Rocketry Challenge – EuRoC are now open. Bachelor or Master’s degree students from all over Europe are invited to register to launch solid, hybrid, or liquid propulsion rockets targeting altitudes of 3,000 and 9,000...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Feb 26, 2021 | News
The International Space University (ISU) has awarded the Portuguese Space Agency (Portugal Space) and the Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon) the honour of organizing the next edition of the Space Studies Program, which will take place between July and...