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...
by Hermínia Saraiva | Oct 16, 2025 | News
The 6th edition of the European Rocketry Challenge – EuRoC, which once again brought together some of Europe’s most talented university students for a unique event that challenges them to design, build and launch their own rockets, concluded this Wednesday....
