Day: August 26, 2024

Dr Sherif Sedky, CEO of the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA), has unveiled a new plan to grow Egypt’s space capabilities. The agency will establish a joint-stock company dedicated to manufacturing satellite components. Additionally, the plan involves creating a marketing company for the agency’s products and launching an electronic platform where users can browse and purchase …

EgSA’s New Initiative At Enhancing its Space Capabilities. Read More »

Airtel Nigeria has announced the successful installation of the Eutelsat OneWeb dish at its site in Lagos, Nigeria. This dish will bring high-speed internet to remote areas, improving connectivity across the country. In addition, it will offer high-speed internet to businesses and governments across Nigeria, driving better connectivity. With speeds of 100 Mbps and low …

Airtel Nigeria Successfully Installs Eutelsat OneWeb Dish. Read More »

Scientists have found a key process required for superconductivity occurring at higher temperatures than previously thought. It could be a small but significant step in the search for one of the “holy grails” of physics, a superconductor that operates at room temperature. The discovery, made inside the unlikely material of an electrical insulator, reveals electrons …

Physicists Find Superconductor Behavior At Temperatures Once Thought ‘Impossible’. Read More »

On Saturday (Aug. 24), NASA announced its final decision regarding the fates of the two astronauts aboard the International Space Station whose original eight-day space jaunt had turned into a nebulous multi-month excursion. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who launched to the ISS aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule on June 5, will return home no earlier …

Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Return Home On A SpaceX Dragon In 2025, NASA Confirms. Read More »

Two women astronauts will set a spaceflight record next week, if all goes according to plan. The Polaris Dawn mission is scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than Aug. 27. It aims to perform the first-ever private spacewalk and to fly at a higher altitude above Earth than any crewed …

SpaceX’s Private Polaris Dawn Mission Will Set Altitude Record For Female Astronauts. Read More »