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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.

Franklin Chang’s VASIMR plasma engine readies for key test

The VASIMR engine being developed by Costa Rican physicist Franklin Chang Díaz is one step closer to proving itself the best technology for propelling the next generation of spacecraft.

Behind the scenes at NASA: meet Costa Rican space pioneers

You've heard of Franklin Chang and Sandra Cauffman, but Costa Rica has sent other talents to NASA as well. Listen in on our chat with three Tico rockstar scientists.

Costa Rica makes nuclear fusion history with plasma discharge

Researchers at the Technology Institute of Costa Rica (TEC) announced the first discharge of high temperature plasma in Latin America on Wednesday, joining an elite group of countries who have made advances in harnessing nuclear fusion to produce clean energy.

Crowdfunding campaign to orbit Costa Rica’s first satellite surpasses goal

Tico engineers will be responsible for the satellite's final assembly that will take place here during the second half of this year.

For a week, people in Costa Rica cast no shadow

Every day around noon until April 18, shadows will be nearly imperceptible in Costa Rica thanks to the shifting tilt of the earth's axis.

US Sen. Bill Nelson: Costa Rica has a place in the future of space flight

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson talks with The Tico Times about where he thought NASA would be today 30 years after going into space and Costa Rica's goal of becoming a player in space exploration.

Astronauts from 6 space agencies to convene in Costa Rica next week

Former astronauts from various international space agencies will share their experiences at a public event at the National Stadium in San José next Wednesday. It's part of a U.N.-sponsored workshop on human space technology.

Photo of Tico astronaut Franklin Chang with Barack Obama among best White House pics of 2015

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

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