NewSpace represents a new use of space with small and rapid development satellites.
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A centre that promotes the development of activities related to space in Catalonia in the areas of training, research and innovation.
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40 young people enjoy the ‘Scientific Stay NewSpace’ in the Catalan Pyrenees
The IEEC has collaborated with this programme of the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation with the aim of promoting scientific vocations, awakening curiosity and stimulating critical thinking among young people.
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Area for the Promotion of the Space Sector of Catalonia
NewSpace represents a new use of space with small and rapid development satellites. This new technology enables the creation of a new set of digital services and a new economy with strong growth.
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Last 9 July, the nanosatellite ³Cat-4 lifted off from French Guiana aboard Ariane 6, the new rocket of the European Space Agency (ESA). This nanosatellite is the fifth created by the NanoSat Lab of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), which has the support of the IEEC. ³Cat-4 will measure weather and climate phenomena using instrumentation developed by students, and will observe the Earth to monitor, among others, ice and soil moisture.
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![#TalDiaCom abans-d’ahir de 1969, l’ésser humà va arribar a la #Lluna 🌑
El mòdul lunar #Eagle, de la nau #Apollo11 de la @NASA, va aterrar a la Lluna a les 22:17 (CET) del 20 de juliol.
L’astronauta Neil #Armstrong encara trigaria sis hores i mitja a sortir de la nau per ser el primer humà a caminar per la superfície del satèl·lit, tot pronunciant les famoses paraules: "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." 👨🚀
Buzz #Aldrin el seguiria uns minuts després, mentre Michael #Collins es quedava pilotant el mòdul #Columbia en òrbita lunar, per garantir la tornada de tots tres a la Terra 🌎
📸 1 - Buzz Aldrin fotografiat per Neil Armstrong
📸 2 - El mòdul Eagle apropant-se de tornada cap al Columbia
📸 3 - D’esquerra a dreta: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins i Buzz Aldrin
📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6jplPkbe8g
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#OnADayLike the day before yesterday in 1969, humans landed on the Moon 🌑
The #Eagle lunar module, from @NASA's #Apollo11 spacecraft, landed on the Moon at 22:17 (CET) on 20 July.
Astronaut Neil #Armstrong would still take six and a half hours to exit the spacecraft to become the first human to walk on the surface of the satellite, uttering the famous words: “That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” 👨🚀
Buzz #Aldrin would follow a few minutes later, while Michael #Collins stayed behind to pilot the #Columbia module in lunar orbit, to ensure the three of them returned to Earth 🌎
📸 1 - Buzz Aldrin photographed by Neil Armstrong
📸 2 - The Eagle module approaching back towards Columbia
📸 3 - From left to right: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin
📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6jplPkbe8g
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