To commemorate the Richard Branson’s history-making flight as the planet’s first commercial service passenger, the National Space Centre (NSC) has announced the launch of Earth’s only frequent flyer club...
We’re delighted to celebrate Earth Day today by sharing the news that the National Space Centre has been selected as the Irish organiser for the European-wide CASSINI Hackathon. CASSINI...
This year, the end of Engineers Week coincides with World Book Day, Ireland’s biggest annual event promoting the enjoyment of books and reading. We’re happy to celebrate with a...
On Thursday 18 February, we hosted a virtual Mars Landing Watch Party just ahead of the historic NASA Perseverance landing on Mars. We gathered questions in advance from our...
Two LEGO® astronauts traveled across the universe to drop in on the National Space Centre in celebration of International Lego Day. On their visit, these space engineers took selfies...
Today is International Tea Producers’ Day, celebrated by tea growing nations worldwide, and this year, by the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts on the ISS have always brought their...
14 DECEMBER — Adam King, the six-year-old space nut who stole the show on this year’s Late Late Toy Show, was last night given an exclusive tour of the...
New Irish startup ETnav Aerospace is joining the space race with plans to develop an extra-terrestrial visual flight navigation system ready for testing in just nine months. The company...
On Friday, 27 November 2020, with great weather on our side, NCS brought in a crane and our engineering team to decommission our long-serving EU-5B4 dish. Watch the complete...
Mars Torus, based in Letterkenny, Co Donegal, is the brainchild of Matthew Kelly, winner of the 2018 Humanitarian Award for drone search and rescue from the Association for Unmanned...