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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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 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...
