Neophyte Senator Camille Villar is advocating for increased government investment in education and innovation, arguing that it is time to empower the next generation of Filipino talents to become globally competitive in science and technology. Villar has been reviewing the proposed 2026 budgets of...
Can you detect where Zaldy Co is right now? This was asked by Senator Rodante Marcoleta to the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA), the central government agency responsible for addressing all national issues and activities related to space science, technology, and application during the hearing of...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) warned about falling debris from the Long March 7A rocket launched by China on Sunday, March 30. The rocket was launched at 12:05 a.m. (Philippine Standard Time) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan, China. PhilSA projected that debris from the...
Philippine Space Agency The Philippines has officially joined the prestigious Asian Try Zero-G (ATZG) 2025, with a Filipino youth experiment selected for execution aboard the International Space Station (ISS), as announced by the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA). PhilSA said the experiment titled...
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has announced that the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) will set up its headquarters in New Clark City (NCC), Capas, Tarlac. In a statement on Thursday, Sept. 5, BCDA said that a one-hectare parcel of land in NCC has been leased for 50 years to...
President Marcos has presided over a meeting with the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) to follow up on his previous directive on the development and utilization of space science and technology in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over the 8th Philippine Space Council...
Did you know mangroves absorb and store around four times more carbon than most tropical forests? A study in Nature Geoscience journal examined the carbon content of 25 mangrove forests across the Indo-Pacific region. It found that, per hectare, mangrove forests can store up to four times...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and Conservation International Philippines Foundation, Inc. (CIPFI) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to work on advancing environmental conservation and management through the application of remote sensing technologies. Photo credit to PhilSA PhilSA...
As the Asian Try Zero Gravity (ATZG) 2023 kicks off, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) announced on Tuesday, July 18 the six official entries that will represent the Philippines in the competition. "Oloid's Movement in Microgravity" by Paul Anton D. Mahinay of URT. (Photo credit to PhilSA) "The...
Recognizing the importance of information before, during, and after disasters, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Monday, June 19, called on the public to use Open Data Kit (O DK) application. The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) hosted a press conference on Citizen Science for Space Data...
The country’s Maya-5 and Maya-6 cube satellites (cubesats), the second batch of Philippine university-built cubesats, were successfully launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday night, June 5, according to the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA). Maya-5 and Maya-6 flew onboard the...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) received a report regarding unidentified falling objects seen over Northern Samar and Zamboanga Sibugay. The sightings have been video-recorded on May 27 at approximately 3:00 AM Philippine Standard Time, and were eventually uploaded on social media. ...
