Day: May 25, 2024

The Board of Directors of the Regional African Satellite Communications Organisation (RASCOM) has confirmed Timothy Adi Ashong as its Director-General. His confirmation occurred on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the 74th Assembly of the RASCOM Board of Directors held in Cameroon. RASCOM is a Pan-African Satellite Communication Organisation established by 45 African nations to deliver …

Mr Timothy Adi Ashong Appointed Director-General of RASCOM. Read More »

Rocket Lab launched a small Earth-observation satellite for NASA early this morning (May 25). An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site today at 3:41 a.m. EDT (0741 GMT; 7:41 p.m. local New Zealand time), carrying the first of two cubesats for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) climate-studying …

Rocket Lab Launches NASA Cubesat To Study Heat Lost From Earth’s Poles. Read More »

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found what they say are three of our universe’s earliest galaxies, spotted actively forming when the cosmos was just 400 million to 600 million years old. In the JWST’s images, this galactic trio resembles fuzzy red smudges feeding on nearby helium and hydrogen.Over millions of years, it …

James Webb Space Telescope Spots 3 Of Our Universe’s Earliest Galaxies. Read More »

We may be less than two weeks away from Starship’s next test flight. SpaceX announced today (May 24) that it’s targeting June 5 for the fourth-ever liftoff of Starship, the giant vehicle it’s developing to get people and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond. That date is written in pencil rather than pen, however, …

SpaceX Targeting June 5 For 4th Test Flight of Starship Megarocket. Read More »

A U.S. Senate committee heard from the head of NASA what the nature of a developmental mission means: sometimes, you need to wait. NASA administrator Bill Nelson, while mindful of what he calls a “space race” with China to establish a sustained presence on the moon, said Thursday (May 23) he will only commit to …

Safety Comes 1st For Artemis Moon Missions Despite ‘Space Race’ With China, NASA Chief Says. Read More »