Day: April 3, 2025

The African Union Commission (AUC) will officially inaugurate the African Space Agency (AfSA) during the 2025 NewSpace Africa Conference, reported Space in Africa. The conference will take place at Egypt Space City in Cairo, Egypt. Upon launch, AfSA will become the central body for promoting collaboration on space initiatives across the continent. AfSA will be …

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On April 2, 1963, the Soviet Union launched the Luna 4 spacecraft to attempt the first-ever soft landing on the moon. The launch was a success, but Luna 4 never actually made it to the moon. One day after Luna 4 launched, it was supposed to fire its rocket engines to help steer it toward …

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On September 2003 Nigeria launched its $13 million national satellite NigeriaSat-1 in Plesetsk, Russia under a seven-nation constellation handled by a Russian firm, Cosmos. Nigeriasat-1 is a low earth orbit micro satellite for disaster monitoring looking spacecraft, 5-year target design life-span orbit 700km. NigeriaSat-1 is one of five satellites in a network called the Disaster …

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The Director General and Chief Executive, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Dr. Matthew Adepoju, has emphasized the need for purposeful leadership as a bedrock for transformation especially in the educational sub-system of any given Society. He made this statement while receiving a high-level delegation from Hillside University of Science and Technology, Okemesi, Ekiti …

NASRDA IN COLLABORATION WITH HILLSIDE UNIVERSITY FOR INNOVATION IN AEROSPACE EDUCATION Read More »