by Hermínia Saraiva | Aug 7, 2023 | Events, News
At 2.45 a.m. (Lisbon time) on 25 September 1993, flight 59 of the Ariane 4 rocket was launched from the European Spaceport in French Guiana. It represented the space ambitions of a country preparing to put a satellite into orbit for the first time. In the 30th...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Aug 1, 2023 | Events, News
The Portuguese Space Agency, together with the United Nations (in this case through UNOOSA, the United Nations Office for Space Affairs), is organising a conference on the Management and Sustainability of Space Activities in May 2024. The meeting comes in preparation...
by Nuno Gomes | Jul 25, 2023 | News
Utah desert, United States. Reddish earth, rugged rock formations, dry, infertile soil. Hardly anyone would guess that this is where otherworldly possibilities are being studied and tested — literally. At 6 am, the day dawns and the sunny landscape makes it look like...
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by Hermínia Saraiva | Jul 4, 2023 | Call, News
[Last updated on 5 December 2024 with the call results]. This Tuesday, July 4, the Portuguese Space Agency launches the initiative PROSSE (PROdex for Science in Space Exploration), which intends to support scientific research projects in space exploration. This...
by Nuno Gomes | Jun 30, 2023 | News
For millennia, the bright spots we see in the dark sky have been of interest for the human race. But there is much, much more beyond what is visible – to the naked eye or otherwise. So much so that 95% of our universe is made up of dark energy and dark matter....
by Nuno Gomes | Jun 28, 2023 | News
Getting to the Selvagens Islands is not easy; visiting them, even less so. You need prior authorisation to go there, whether for leisure or scientific reasons. Perhaps this is why they are “very well preserved from human influence”, both because of their isolation and...
