by Hermínia Saraiva | Dec 9, 2025 | News
The Astronaut for a Day initiative, created in 2022 by the Portuguese Space Agency, has established itself as one of the leading space education initiatives at both the national and international levels. Today, its influence is evident in similar programmes in several...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Dec 4, 2025 | News
Portugal will contribute €204.8 million to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) record budget of €22.3 billion for 2026-2030, as agreed at the 2025 Ministerial Council (CM25) held last week in Bremen. The total amount represents approximately 99% of the budget...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Nov 27, 2025 | News
This Thursday, November 27th, as part of the European Space Agency (ESA) Ministerial Council meeting in Bremen, Germany, a cooperation agreement was signed between Portugal and ESA. This agreement consolidates the development of the Santa Maria Space Technology Centre...
by Nuno Gomes | Nov 27, 2025 | News
Portugal will increase its financial contribution to the European Space Agency (ESA) by 51% over the period 2025-2028, to a total of €204.8 million, the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation announced. This is the largest-ever increase in the multi-annual...
by Nuno Gomes | Nov 25, 2025 | News
The NEURONAUT project, from the Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR) at the Instituto Superior Técnico, and the U-SANS project, from the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (INEGI), were selected by the jury for the 2025...
by Nuno Gomes | Nov 14, 2025 | News
Portugal became the 15th Member State of the European Space Agency (ESA) 25 years ago. The country signed the ESA accession agreement on 15 December 1999, becoming a member state of the Agency on 14 November 2000. A quarter of a century later, Portugal is witnessing...
