The Philippine Space Agency (PhiSA) on Monday, May 29, invited the public to participate in Asian Try Zero-G (ATZG) 2023. "Rotation of 'Dumbbell-shaped' Objects in Space," an entry to Category 2: For individual or group participants 27 years old and younger. (Photo credit to PhilSA) The competition...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) keeps its eyes, guarding the possible debris fall in the water area of the Philippines from Korea's Space Launch Vehicle-II initiated by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute's (KARI) Naro at 5:24 a.m. (Philippine Standard Time) on Thursday, May 25. Dropping...
TALA, the country's first high-powered hybrid rocket, was successfully launched from Crow Valley Gunnery Range in Capas, Tarlac on Saturday, May 20. " TALA team preparing the rocket for second launch attempt in the early morning of 20 May. The first attempt on 19 May was postponed due to...
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Renato Solidum, Jr. believes the Copernicus Capacity Support Action programme for the Philippines (CopPhil) will strengthen the nation’s resilience to disasters and climate change. In his keynote address during CopPhil's launch, he said that...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Philippine Space Agency have teamed up with the European Union for a program that will help in disaster mitigation, climate change adaptation and food security strategies using earth observation satellites. The three bodies led on Monday, April...
Oil slicks from the sunken MT Princess Empress tanker have reached the island of Coron, Palawan, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) advised on Monday, April 3. Courtesy of PhilSA "The oil slicks cover a total of approximately 61.27 square kilometers and have reached the island of Coron, Palawan....
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) said that it is monitoring unburned debris that may have fallen approximately 398 kilometers from Bajo de Masinloc during the launch of the Long March 4C rocket into space on Friday afternoon, March 31. It was launched from Jiuquan Space Launch Center in the Gobi...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) installed Starlink kits in two geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas to provide free internet access to its students, teachers, and local government office personnel. In a statement on Monday, March 27, PhilSA said that the initiative is part of its...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Friday, March 17, released satellite images of the possible progression and scope of the oil spill caused by sunken MT Princess Empress on the coast of Oriental Mindoro. "This map shows possible oil spill extent in the coast of Oriental Mindoro as observed...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) welcomed ten new aspiring space scientists to the Advanced Degrees for Accelerating Strategic Space R&D and Applications (AD ASTRA) Scholarships Program. The new scholars signed their contracts on Wednesday, Feb. 8. During the ceremony, PhilSA Director...
A geospatial database of the country’s natural resources will be created through a signed partnership between the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). "PhilSA Director General Joel Joseph Marciano, Jr., Ph.D. (second to the right) and...
Retired cosmonaut Dr. Fyodor Yurchikhin held an in-person "Ask a Cosmonaut" session with around 130 senior high school students and teachers in Quezon City Science High School on Wednesday, Feb. 1. (Courtesy of Philippine Space Agency) Yurchikhin was a Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent who had...
