Dr. James B. Garvin, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Chief Scientist, travelled to Portugal to participate in the Global Exploration Summit (GLEX) in Portugal. In addition to his participation in the summit, he also delivered his presentation, entitled “Space: Enabling our Forever Frontier,” to more than 150 secondary school students attending summer schools, as well ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 5 July, 2019 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: NASA, space
At the invitation of the American Embassy Lisbon, and in partnership with the American Corners Portugal network, former
NASA astronaut Daniel Tani was in Portugal from July 6 to 10 for talks and meetings with students and faculty members. The lecture he gave at the American Corners of the universities of Aveiro, FCT-Nova and IST was ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 10 July, 2017 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: NASA, space
The U.S. Embassy has invited former NASA Astronaut Daniel Tani to visit Portugal between July 6 and 10 for a series of presentations on “Living in Space.” As an astronaut, Daniel Tani made two space flights, staying in space for a total of 131 days, and completing five spacewalks totaling nearly 35 hours. Presently, Mr. ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 3 July, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: NASA, space
NASA scientific coordinator Jared Espley toured Portugal meeting with many enthusiasts and giving presentations entitled “Exploring Jupiter and its moons”. Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. Its beautiful storms and cloud belts are magnificent natural displays of art. But beneath these clouds, we have very little knowledge of how Jupiter works. We ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 21 April, 2017 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: ESA, NASA, space
The U.S. Embassy has invited NASA planetary scientist Jared Espley to visit Portugal between April 17 and 21 for a series of presentations on “Exploring Jupiter and its moons.” With a PhD in Physics from Rice University, in Houston, Jared Espley works at the Planetary Magnetospheres Lab at NASA Goddard and at NASA Headquarters he ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 12 April, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: american spaces, NASA, space
Ambassador Sherman hosted a reception at his residence on Thursday November 3, in honor of the launch of the
National Geographic series MARS. The reception was co-hosted by Vera Pinto Pereira, Senior Vice-President of Fox Networks Group Iberia. Emmet Fletcher from the
European Space Agency presented on the work of ESA. MARS is a six-part TV event which premiered on ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 3 November, 2016 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: ESA, ISS, NASA, national geographic
Boa tarde a todos! I am so excited to be co-hosting this event with the
National Geographic Channel to celebrate the launch of their innovative new series MARS. Thanks to Vera Pinto Pereira Senior Vice President of Fox/National Geographic, Iberia and your whole team for being such a great partner and working with us on tonight’s event. I ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 3 November, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Exclude, Speeches | Tags: 2016 speeches, ESA, ISS, NASA, space
