Senegal's President Macky Sall has announced the establishment of the country’s space agency, the Senegalese Space Study Agency, to promote the country’s socioeconomic development and the continuous investigation of the universe. africanews.space/president-mack…

A jam packed day at the ESERO Space Careers Roadshow hosted in the Ad Astra Hall in UCD for TY, 5th and 6th year students! 🛸🔭🚀

At #AmChamGlobalBiz23 today, Orla Feely highlights the value of university-industry collaboration to support Ireland’s first satellite EIRSAT-1, underpinned by University College Dublin's fundamental & applied research and student talent supporting Ireland's growing space sector.

Wow, another stunning UCD Science #WomenInSTEM portrait by Emer O Boyle. I hope this painting of Prof. Donnelly goes on display somewhere prominent University College Dublin

We're recruiting for PhDs starting in Oct '23! We have fully funded places on the SENSE CDT in both Leeds, Edinburgh and with the National Oceanography Centre. Funding available for 'home fees rated' applicants only.

The best photo I have ever taken in my life! 🥰 Lough Neagh from Space! Taken from our very own #TupperSat 🛰️🚀 I took a photo from #Space! 😮 Life achievement unlocked 🥳

#Students participating in the Fly Your #Satellite! Design Booster programme have just started a new series of #webinars 🛰️Our experts will help them consolidate the design of their CubeSats. If you have a basic CubeSat design and need a "boost", join us👉esa.int/Education/Cube…

Fantastic news for the ESA's Juice mission mission as efforts to fully deploy its RIME antenna are successful, after some gentle persuasion esa.int/Science_Explor…

Glorious summer day to welcome Michael Perryman to University College Dublin for the annual UCD Physics alumni event. He shared career advice with astro/space students & visited EIRSAT-1 before giving a wonderful talk about ESA Gaia

In Praise of Mystery: US Poet Laureate Ada Limón has penned a tribute to the connections between two ocean worlds, Earth and Jupiter’s moon Europa. You’re invited to sign the poem, and #SendYourName aboard our spacecraft to Jupiter: go.nasa.gov/MessageInABott…

Check out our latest Blog post on the wonderful EIRSAT-1 Space Poetry initiative. Our students' words are heading for space! jcsplibraries.com/2023/06/16/eir… #EIRSAT1 #CreativeWriting #SchoolLibraries #SpacePoetry

The brilliant EIRSAT-1 team UCD Centre for Space Research University College Dublin visited the European Space Agency at #ESTEC yesterday!🚀✨🛰️ Thank you to ESA Education for hosting this wonderful celebration of the team's work, and to Ambassador Brendan Rogers Ambassador of Ireland to the Netherlands 🇮🇪🇳🇱 for joining. #FlyYourSatellite

🚀 Yesterday I had an amazing day meeting my good friends, the fantastic team behind Ireland's first satellite, EIRSAT-1! 🇮🇪 🛰️ These bright minds from University College Dublin UCD Research came to ESA ESTEC in the Netherlands to celebrate their journey into #space with all the European Space Agency

A satellite made by students will soon launch to space! 🚀 EIRSAT-1 is the first Irish satellite, developed by students from UCD Research University College Dublin under ESA's Fly Your Satellite! programme. Here are 5 facts about it! 🌟 #EIRSAT1 #IrishSpace #FlyYourSatellite

Full house at UCD Research’s exciting event exploring Scottish and Irish collaboration for growing the space economy! 🛰️💫 Thanks to Minister Neale Richmond. and Scottish and Irish partners for their valuable contributions.

100 days after it was launched, Ireland’s first satellite EIRSAT-1 is about to spend its first #StPatricksDay in space☘️ 🛰️In its first 100 days it has travelled over 65 million km and orbited the earth 1,524 times! 🌎Travelling at an altitude of around 500 km, it takes 95

And here is the time-lapse regarding the impressive #Aurora #SouthernLights in #SouthAfrica on May 11, as recorded at Boyden Observatory by our BOOTES-6 astronomical station (project led by IAA-CSIC with the participation of UFS & University College Dublin). I wish I could have been there!