October 2021
Space in the movies – lessons for spacefarers
..., much of the film was shot in an aircraft capable of sustaining short periods of free fall - weightlessness – in a series of parabolic flights. So the actors really are weightless in many of the scenes. Apollo 13 is very much worth watching because...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... space strategy, aggregating all space competences and fostering the sector’s overall development. The first of a series of parabolic flights from Portugal took off in September from the Beja Air Base with 30 young people on board. It is part...
