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‘Amazing milestone’ as NASA fully deploys Webb telescope in space

The most powerful space telescope ever built completed a tricky two-week-long deployment phase Saturday, unfolding its final golden mirror panel, as it readies to...

Costa Rica to create Space Agency; bill passed by Congress

Appropriately, the news came on the day NASA landed the Perseverance rover on Mars.

Costa Rica chosen as site for ‘next-generation’ space radar

LeoLabs has chosen Costa Rica as the location of its next space radar, the United States-based company announced in a press release. 

Meet Costa Rica’s newest NASA figure: Luis Diego Fonseca Flores

Costa Rica may be small, but its people are achieving great things.

NASA honors Hispanic Heritage Month with Tico astronaut

Franklin Chang Díaz is a Costa Rican physicist who participated in seven Space Shuttle missions.

Space Ticos: Astronaut Franklin Chang with Barack Obama in 2015

A photo of Tico astronaut Franklin Chang with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office was chosen as one of 2015's best by White House photographers.

How Costa Rican students talked to an astronaut on the International Space Station

ARISS lets students from all over the world experience the excitement of talking directly with crew members of the International Space Station.

Costa Rican schools conference with International Space Station

Technology campuses in San Carlos and Cartago connected to the International Space Station.

Space Ticos: Two Costa Ricans make headlines at NASA

Three of NASA’s four science sections are led by women for the first time in the organization’s history.

Costa Rica discusses creation of national space agency

A law proposal to create a national space agency was presented before the Legislative Assembly.

Costa Rica’s first satellite scheduled for deployment in one year

A spacecraft of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will take the satellite to the International Space Station, for its deployment into space, likely at the end of the first quarter next year.

De San Antonio de Desamparados a las estrellas: hermanos costarricenses brillan en la NASA

We are pleased offer this story in translation. Read the original story in English, published Monday, March 13. ¿Cómo te pones en contacto con dos...

From San Antonio de Desamparados to the stars: Costa Rican brothers shine at NASA

A snorkeling accident leads Tico Times contributer and space education advocate Bruce Callow to meet two new Costa Rican NASA superstars: Alejandro (Alex) and Joseph Mora.

NASA dream comes true for Costa Rican teens

It was a long road to Cape Canaveral, but these young Costa Ricans are just getting started.
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Costa Rica Earthquake Near Orosi Followed by 60 Aftershocks

OVSICORI-UNA revised Friday night's Cartago earthquake to magnitude 5.0 at 8 km depth near Orosi and counted 60 aftershocks between 8:16 p.m. Friday and 5:00 a.m. Saturday.

Costa Rica Immigration Outage Hits San Jose Airport a Second Time

A failure in judicial branch systems forced manual immigration processing at Juan Santamaría on Saturday, cancelling one flight and causing 36 passengers to miss a JetBlue departure.

Chris Hemsworth Shares Terrifying Costa Rica Flight

Chris Hemsworth has shared frightening footage from a small-plane flight during his family vacation in Costa Rica, showing lightning flashing outside the aircraft as...

Costa Rica’s Alondra Ortiz Wins Gold in 200-Meter Butterfly

Costa Rican swimmer Alondra Ortiz won the women’s 200-meter butterfly at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games, delivering the first swimming gold medal...