by Hermínia Saraiva | Jul 9, 2025 | News
The 2025 edition of the Astronaut for a Day initiative, promoted by the Portuguese Space Agency, will take place from 18 to 21 September on the island of Santa Maria, in the Azores. The local airport will serve as the stage for the zero-gravity flight that will allow...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Jul 1, 2025 | News
[The European Commission has extended the public consultation deadline until 7 November, which is also the closing date of the Portuguese Space Agency’s survey. The contributions gathered from the national ecosystem will support the continued follow-up of the...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Jun 26, 2025 | News
The last five years have been marked by a progressive strengthening of Aerospace Engineering training in public higher education, in line with the evolution of the space sector in Portugal. Following the creation of bachelor’s degrees at the Universities of...
by Nuno Gomes | Jun 11, 2025 | Events, News
Next year, Coimbra will be the meeting point for the national Earth Observation community. On March 17th and 18th, 2026, the city will host the third edition of Terra em Foco, the national Earth Observation conference, organised by the Portuguese Space Agency. The...
by Nuno Gomes | Jun 3, 2025 | News
From last Friday to Sunday, more than a thousand young people and children from various regions of the country had the opportunity to meet and speak with some of the most renowned European astronauts. The occasion was the visit of 13 ASE astronauts to Portugal,...
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...
