On the sidelines of the 2025 NewSpace Africa Conference held at the Egyptian Space City in Cairo, the Africa EU Space Programme was launched, signalling a renewed commitment by the European Union EU to promote sustainable development and build equitable global partnerships between both continents. The programme launch featured key appearances from H.E. Javier Nino …
On April 21, 1997, the cremated remains of 24 people were launched into space in the first ever space funeral. One of those people was Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek. Other notable cremated people on board included the physicist and space exploration activist Gerard O’Neill, the German rocket scientist Krafft Ehricke, and Timothy …
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Space in Africa, in collaboration with the African Space Agency AfSA and hosted by the Egyptian Space Agency EgSA, is organising the 2025 NewSpace Africa Conference from 21 to 24 April at the Egypt Space City, Cairo, Egypt. As Africa’s premier gathering for the continent’s and international space stakeholders, the event has attracted over 500 …
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Africa’s long-standing ambitions in space took a historic step forward today, April 20, 2025, with the official inauguration of the African Space Agency AfSA at its permanent headquarters in Egypt’s Space City, Cairo. The landmark event marks the culmination of nearly a decade of strategic groundwork that began in January 2016, when the African Union …
