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
Former NASA astronaut Donald A. Thomas was in Portugal on July 27 and 28, 2018, to be the guest speaker at the International Physics Olympiads in Cascais and at a joint event organized by Ciência Viva/ESERO Portugal, the U.S. Embassy and FLAD at the
Pavilion of Knowledge – Science Center . Donald Thomas addressed in both programs the topics of science ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 28 July, 2018 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: space
At the invitation of the American Embassy in Lisbon, Thomas Markusic, rocket scientist and CEO of the privately owned aerospace company
Firefly Aerospace , which develops vehicles for commercial launches into orbit, was in Portugal from July 13-17. The Embassy took him on a seven-city tour, which included great stops in Porto, Aveiro, Dark Sky Alqueva in ...
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By U.S. Mission Portugal | 17 July, 2018 | Topics: Events, News | Tags: 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
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