2008-07-18 | Active Space Technologies joins the " Portuguese Association of Automotive Suppliers"
Active Space Technologies has recently become a member of AFIA, the Portuguese Association of Automotive Suppliers. This step aims at leveraging the know how and competences of the company in the automotive ...

2007-06-22 | Active Space Technologies was given the “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” award
The National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) honoured Active Space Technologies with the title Young Entrepreneur of the Year, in a ceremony held at Espinho’s Casino.

2007-03-12 | Active Space Technologies to provide structural engineering support MIT's Mars Gravity project
Active Space Technologies has agreed to provide 6 engineer-months of structural engineering support to the Mars Gravity Biosatellite, a project jointly run by MIT and Georgia Tech. The role of Active Space ...

2007-02-05 | Active Space Technologies provides on site technical support at ESTEC for ESA’s YES2 project
Active Space Technologies will provide on site technical support to Delta-Utec SRC, which is responsible for YES2, in February through April. During this period YES2 will be subject to the test campaign, which ...

2006-11-21 | Active Space Technologies provides expertise to nuclear fusion project
Last November 21, in Paris, representatives of over 30 countries signed a Pact to make a fusion reactor, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). This experimental reactor aims at promoting ...

2006-05-22 | Active Space Technologies moves to Coimbra
Following its expansion strategy, Active Space Technologies is moving into a new office in Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) in Coimbra. This change reflects not only the current growth of the company but also its ...

2006-02-06 | Active Space Technologies acts as consultant for ESA's Education Office YES2 project
The Center of Expertise of the University of Patras, Greece (CoE Patras) is in charge of the mechanical and thermal subsystems of YES2. Active Space Technologies is consultant in the definition of the thermal ...

2005-05-31 | Active Space Technologies looks into procedures for mounting thermal hardware on satellites at the Mars Society Desert Research Station
Active Space Technologies was involved in the Leonardo research Project at Mars Society Desert Research Station, MDRS to evaluate the procedures and handling of thermal space hardware on Mars.

2005-04-19 | The Leonardo Crew has landed on the human colony on Mars
The first days will be spend preparing the instrumentation, future experiments, and maintenance of the Hab, after a long trip setting up logistics and scientific requirements. Daily updates and photos will be ...

2005-02-14 | Pros and Cons of being a Man... on Mars
What are the major differences between all-female and all-male crews living on Martian bases? Two parallel international crews, with Ricardo Patrício from Active Space Technologies leading one of them ...

2005-02-11 | Parabolic flights: experiencing microgravity
The 39th European Space Agency Parabolic Flight Campaign will take place from the airport Bordeaux-Mérignac from 21st to 24th March 2005. Onboard these flights, twelve experiments proposed by ...