05/28/2026
Long before Portugal’s first licensed space infrastructure became a reality, the UT Austin Portugal Program helped ask an essential question: What would it take to build a national spaceport?
Through early feasibility research, continued collaboration, and a renewed focus on space-Earth technologies, the partnership has helped shape a new chapter in Portugal’s space exploration and strengthen knowledge exchange between The University of Texas at Austin and Portuguese institutions.
Learn more in our Newsroom: https://utx.global/4wUzD2c.
Cockrell School of Engineering - UT Austin