by Hermínia Saraiva | Mar 28, 2022 | News
In Kourou, in French Guiana, no two days are alike. At least for Marta Oliveira, Safety Engineer on the Ariane 5 launcher, that has its launch from the European Spaceport, located in the South American region. “The role I perform varies greatly day by day. However,...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Mar 24, 2022 | Events
For two days, the Main Auditorium of the Colégio do Espírito Santo of the University of Évora was the meeting point for the Portuguese community of Copernicus users. The real applications and potential of the various components of the European Earth Observation...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Mar 18, 2022 | News
This Friday, the Portuguese Space Agency – Portugal Space launches the Zero-G – Portugal – Astronaut for a Day contest. This national competition selects 30 students, aged 14 to 18, from Portuguese primary and secondary schools, to fly and experience...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Feb 4, 2022 | Newsletter
At the 14th European Space Conference, which took place on the 25th and 26th of January in Brussels, Belgium, the key message from European leaders was that 2022 will be a critical year to consolidate the European Union space assets. In addition, they have also...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Feb 3, 2022 | Newsletter, Opinion
The cryosphere – that is, the part of the planet that is frozen – is one of the most sensitive spheres of the Earth System, and it is undergoing rapid changes that generate global impacts. The cryosphere includes the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets...
