Hungary’s Space Future: HUNOR Powers Innovation

An event in Budapest on Monday showcased the positive impact of the HUNOR (Hungarian in Orbit) programme on the local space technology sector.

Orsolya Ferencz, the ministerial commissioner for space research, said the application of space technology had become an integral element for a number of global services and pointed to the significance of the sector for science and security policy, too. She added that space technology was a “cornerstone” of competitiveness and integral to a knowledge-based society.

Ferencz noted that the government had adopted an independent space strategy with a strong focus on business and a programme to bring another Hungarian to space. About half of the experiments on the Axiom-4 mission, with the Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu, are products of the national space programme, she added. After being postponed a number of times, the Axiom-4 mission is set to launch early June 19. Read details HERE – Here’s when Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu can launch into space: sooner than anybody thought before