by Nuno Gomes | May 27, 2025 | Events, News
Pedro Duque, Ulrich Walter, Paolo Nespoli and André Kuipers have at least two things in common: they are astronauts and members of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE). But these are just four of the 13 astronauts who will be in Portugal this coming weekend. The...
by Nuno Gomes | May 23, 2025 | News
This September, another 30 Portuguese students will be able to say they’ve experienced zero gravity on a parabolic flight. The Portuguese Space Agency has already selected this year’s finalists for the Astronaut for a Day (Astronauta por um Dia) initiative, which...
by Nuno Gomes | Apr 8, 2025 | News
The Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA), Tekever, IST NanosatLab and the Instituto de Telecomunicações, N10gled, the Instituto de Telecomunicações and the University of Aveiro, and INEGI are responsible for the six finalist projects in the Innovation in...
by Nuno Gomes | Mar 31, 2025 | News
In the year that marks its 6th edition, the European Rocketry Challenge (EuRoC) continues to grow. With the application period for the competition now closed, the statistics confirm that the geographical scope of the teams is increasing, with new countries and a...
by Nuno Gomes | Mar 13, 2025 | News
Young people are still seeking to defy gravity. In a month, 545 students from all over the national territory applied for the first phase of the 2025 edition of Astronaut for a Day. This initiative by the Portuguese Space Agency, now in its fourth edition, has thus...
