Ireland has chance to go boldly as European Space Agency aims higher with record funding
Revised National Space Strategy could decide whether we continue on a steady path or match the ambition Europe has now embraced
European Space Agency
Irish space companies won €24m in European Space Agency contracts in 2024
Some 116 Irish firms operate in the sector, up from just 30 a decade ago
Who gets to go to space?
Orthopaedic surgeon and former British paralympian John McFall was chosen for a bold experiment to see whether a lower-limb amputee could meet the demands of space flight
EU ‘drone wall’ to protect entire continent, says defence chief
Move comes after series of Russian-linked airspace violations, officials say
Medicine’s final frontier: How space is changing what we know about health
A new generation of doctors is working at the intersection of medicine and space
Space for everyone: What designing for the moon can teach us about living on Earth
The emerging movement in space architecture is a sign that new frontiers are becoming future concerns
Europe’s moonshot: Argonaut and the Irish engineer leading the way
Cork-born Dr Neil Murray is lead engineer on the European Space Agency’s ambitious lunar lander project
Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth more than 50 years after failed launch
Kosmos 482 spacecraft was part of a series of missions bound for Venus
Katy Perry’s 11 minutes as an astronaut were a waste of space. It could have been so much more
The backlash focused on the faux feminism in the marketing blitz, while genuine concerns about women in science vanished into a black hole
Getting to the moon with the help of an Irish scientist and 900 tonnes of lunar dust
European Space Agency team create accurate replica of lunar surface to assist astronauts
‘A great success story for the Irish space strategy’: Technology designed in Dublin guiding Mars fly-by
Gyroscope on Hera spacecraft designed by InnaLabs at its facility in Blanchardstown
Irish space race: domestic companies pushing the frontiers of AI, space stations and acoustic technology
Ubotica, Skytek and Lios are getting exciting projects off the ground
‘It’s given me the motivation to say, I’m not just a mam stuck at home with a disability who can’t do stuff’: Social enterprise Town Scientist
Sessions developed by engineer, scientist, writer and performer Dr Niamh Shaw inspire parents to start new conversations around the kitchen table
How keeping astronauts healthy can tell us what on Earth to do
Dr Lisa McNamee looks to space for the benefit of terrestrial medicine
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