by Nuno Gomes | Apr 28, 2022 | News, Newsletter
José Afonso was not yet 10 years old when a book opened his fascination for the universe and the questions that dwell in it. “The last pages had the sky map. I began to identify the stars and constellations and I found it fascinating how far away they are and...
by Nuno Gomes | Apr 28, 2022 | News
There was a moment in the life of Hugo Messias where the balance might have tipped in favor of a career in arts, but when the memory is unraveled, it’s easy to realize that his destiny had been traced for a long time. Although he recalls being hesitant between...
by Nuno Gomes | Apr 13, 2022 | Call, News
The Portuguese Space Agency – Portugal Space is once again looking for the best ideas for use of Copernicus data, facing the societal and environmental challenges of the day. With the launch of a new edition of the Portugal Space Atlantic Challenge, which has...
by Nuno Gomes | Mar 30, 2022 | News, Newsletter
“The technological leap we have had since joining the European Space Agency (ESA) is impressive.” This was how, in 2005, during the Space Forum, Mariano Gago described the technological evolution that occurred in Portugal in just five years. The former...
by Nuno Gomes | Mar 30, 2022 | News, Newsletter
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project will allow astronomy to embark on a much deeper scientific journey than it has done so far: the two largest radio telescope networks ever built will enable data collection far superior to anything that exists today. The...
by Nuno Gomes | Mar 30, 2022 | News, Newsletter
When Ivo Vieira and his two partners launched Lusospace in 2002, there were those who said “making space hardware in Portugal wasn’t possible.” But the founders of the Portuguese company ignored the naysayers, ready to demonstrate that fortune favors...
