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The European Space Agency is backing a university-level rocket competition held in Constância, Portugal.
After more than 50 years, four astronauts are returning to the Moon. Artemis II was successfully launched at 18:35 local time (23:35 in mainland Portugal) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States. A ten-day journey around the Moon and the first crewed mission...
Returning humans to the Moon is one of the major projects NASA is committed to, in a coalition effort with other nations and agencies, such as the European Space Agency (ESA). There is nothing like seeing an astronaut do what we consider an almost impossible feat to serve as collective inspiration.
The first phase of the mission involves the launch of 10 satellites, with these first two being smaller than the remaining eight, which will be launched later.
Born in Belgium, he is the son of Portuguese parents who always maintained ties to the country. In an interview with Observador, the ESA engineer recalls the genesis of Ariane 6 and discusses the future of Portugal's space sector.
