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

AFP - January 9, 2022

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Costa Rica to create Space Agency; bill passed by Congress

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

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

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

AFP - January 9, 2022

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

Alejandro Zúñiga - February 19, 2021

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

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

The Tico Times - July 23, 2020

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

The Tico Times - January 24, 2020

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

NASA honors Hispanic Heritage Month with Tico astronaut

Alejandro Zúñiga - September 20, 2019

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

The Tico Times - July 20, 2019

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

The Tico Times - June 5, 2019

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

The Tico Times - May 28, 2019

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

Space Ticos: Two Costa Ricans make headlines at NASA

Alejandro Zúñiga - May 13, 2019

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

Alejandro Zúñiga - April 13, 2019

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

L. Arias - March 22, 2017

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

The Tico Times - March 14, 2017

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

The Tico Times - March 12, 2017

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.