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Elon Musk has expressed strong interest in possibly launching SpaceX rockets from South Africa’s Denel Overberg Test Range near Arniston, a move that could strengthen the country’s emerging role in the global space economy. Following a high-profile diplomatic exchange between former President Donald Trump and South African officials, the proposal was raised during a closed-door …

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Jaguar Space, LLC, a U.S.-based space science company, and Space in Africa, the leading source of intelligence and data analytics on the African space industry, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU to collaborate on a pioneering initiative to advance space based agricultural research and enhance the global representation of emerging space nations. Under this …

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South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope has joined forces with the European VLBI Network EVN, the world’s most sensitive array of radio telescopes, to capture the universe in unprecedented detail. This partnership marks a significant step forward in astronomical research, combining cutting edge technology from the Southern and Northern Hemispheres to push the boundaries of what …

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Eutelsat Group has officially inaugurated its state of the art Earth station at the Luanda Bengo Special Economic Zone ZEE, marking a major milestone in Angola’s telecommunications and digital transformation journey. Developed through a strategic partnership between OneWeb Angola and Eutelsat, the facility functions as a vital communications gateway for the Eutelsat OneWeb NGSO (Non-Geostationary …

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On June 12, 1967, Venera 4 was launched into space on a mission to Venus, thus becoming the first spacecraft to transmit data from another planet’s atmosphere. This was a Russian probe designed to study the atmosphere of Venus down to the surface. At first, scientists believed that the probe had transmitted until contact with …

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SpaceX will launch four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on the private Ax-4 mission Wednesday morning (June 11), and you can watch the action live. Ax-4 is scheduled to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT). That’s a …

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On June 10, 1854, Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann gave his classic lecture on curved space. Riemann was a 19th century mathematician from Germany. His landmark lecture included a workable definition of how someone might measure the curvature of space. In the first part of his talk, Riemann asked the question of how we might define …

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On June 9, 1952, the Abee meteorite fell in Alberta, Canada, at 11:05 p.m. at night. The space stone weighed nearly 326 pounds and was recovered from a 6 foot- deep crater in a wheat field when it was found five days later. A piece of it is on display at the American Museum of …

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The Africa2Moon Project, which aims to deploy a low-frequency radio telescope on the Moon, has been selected as a payload for China’s Chang’e-8 mission, scheduled to land at the lunar south pole. The China National Space Administration CNSA announced the successful selection during China Space Day in Shanghai on 24 April 2025. Led by the …

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On June 8, 1959, NASA’s rocket-powered X-15 experimental plane made its first glide flight. The X-15 rocket plane was part of a series of experimental hypersonic aircraft. This flight marked the beginning of almost a decade of research that explored the altitudes and hypersonic speed at the edge of space. At maximum speed, the X-15 …

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