Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko on Thursday congratulated the people behind the successful launch of Philippine-made Maya-3 and Maya-4 CubeSats to the International Space Station calling it a “new high” in the Japan-Philippines cooperation. Japanese Ambassador to the...
The Philippines’ Maya-3 and Maya-4 cube satellites have been successfully delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday night, Aug. 30. Photo captured from NASA's live stream The country’s first Philippine university-built satellites were among the cargos that hitchhiked aboard...
With the successful launch of the country’s third and fourth nanosatellites to the International Space Station (ISS), Maya-3 and Maya-4, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) expressed hope on Sunday, Aug. 29, that the government will continue investing in country’s space technology...
(STAMINA4Space Facebook Page) The Philippines reached another milestone in its space technology program with the launch of the country’s two cube satellites to the International Space Station (ISS). The Maya-3 and Maya-4 left Earth aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in...
A youth group prodded the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to vaccinate more students and teachers first before allowing the resumption of physical classes. Personnel of San Juan National High School clean and disinfect a classroom in line with San Juan City...
The Philippines continues to mark its place in space. (STAMINA4Space Facebook Page) The country’s third and fourth nanosatellites, Maya-3 and Maya-4, will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s Dragon C208 on Saturday, Aug. 28, the Department of...
Solia (Instagram) A K-pop group suddenly disbanded just five days after they were launched. Girl group Solia, composed of Soree, Seona, Soyeon, Hayeon and Eunbi, debuted last Aug. 17 with the song “Dream.” The music video for the track has garnered 516,000 views on YouTube as of writing....
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is gearing up to launch its biggest Filipino-made satellite to space. (Photo from STAMINA4Space) Dubbed as MULA, or Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment, the newest Earth-observation satellite can capture operational-quality images of approximately 100,000...
A faculty of the University of the Philippines Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (UPEEI) has been chosen as the first recipient of a Tokyo-funded scholarship program to study space technology in top universities and institutions in Japan. The Japan International Cooperation Agency...
WASHINGTON, United States -- After flying its founder Richard Branson to space, Virgin Galactic is restarting ticket sales beginning at $450,000, the company announced Thursday. Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson (AFP/File) The new price is about double the $200,000 to $250,000 paid by around...
Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology (DDG-SST) Dr. Gay Jane P. Perez has been named as this year’s Outstanding Young Scientist (OYS) in the field of Satellite Technology (Physics). (Screenshot from PhilSA Facebook page) The National Academy of...
What began more than six decades ago as a battle between the United States and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) for space hegemony has metamorphosed into a “battle of the billionaires” on who would lead outer space tourism for the mass market. On July 11 and July 20,...
