Day: June 15, 2024

The Angolan National Space Programme Management Office (GGPEN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Regional African Satellite Communications Organisation (RASCOM). This MoU aims to develop mutually beneficial partnerships for training, innovation, and research in space science and technology. Both parties will share knowledge, platforms, and applications. The agreement was signed by Dr …

GGPEN Signs MoU With RASCOM to Enhance Connectivity for African Nations. Read More »

This is how decades-old space junk drifting in Earth’s orbit would look like seen from just 50 meters (164 feet) away. You are looking at the spent upper stage of a discarded Japanese rocket that launched an Earth observation satellite back in 2009. The rocket body was imaged up close on May 23 by the …

Private Space-Junk-Inspection Probe Spots Discarded Rocket In Orbit Up Close. Read More »

All right, everyone — we can all breathe a sigh of relief. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is fully operational once more, with all four science instruments returning usable data to Earth. The problems began in November 2023, when Voyager 1 lost its ability to “speak” with us. More specifically, it started sending to Earth unintelligible data …

Voyager 1 Is Back Online! NASA’s Most Distant Spacecraft Returns Data From All 4 Instruments. Read More »

Boeing’s first crewed Starliner mission, that ferried astronauts to the International Space Station, will need to wait a little longer before returning its crew to Earth. On June 5, the Crew Flight Test (CFT) for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launched with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board; the spacecraft docked at the International …

NASA Delays Landing Of Boeing’s 1st Starliner Astronaut Mission To June 22. Read More »

An Earth-observing satellite has given us a unique view of Boeing’s new Starliner astronaut taxi in space. Starliner arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on June 6, delivering NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the orbiting lab on a shakeout cruise known as Crew Flight Test (CFT). A day later, Maxar Technologies’ …

Boeing’s Starliner Astronaut Taxi Spotted at ISS. Read More »