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A European moon lander being developed to provide the continent autonomous access to the moon is targeted to launch in 2031, according to a development call published last week by the European Space Agency (ESA). The robotic lander, called Argonaut, is expected to lift off on an Ariane 6 rocket, which after a long series […]

Using a NASA X-ray telescope mounted on the International Space Station (ISS), astronomers have weighed a rapidly spinning dead star that signifies the heart of the closest millisecond pulsar to Earth. Like all neutron stars, pulsars are born when massive stars die, but what really sets millisecond pulsars apart is the fact that they spin

Key Highlights Yahsat partnered with Satcom Technologies to explore new satellite communication opportunities for socio-economic benefits in Zimbabwe. Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), in partnership with Satcom Technologies, hosted a high-level forum on 17 July with various Zimbabwean Government stakeholders at the Hyatt Regency in Harare. During the forum, Yahsat demonstrated new technology

Photos of the moon captured by American, Russian, European, Japanese, Indian, Korean and Chinese spacecraft are the subject of new United Nations (UN) postage stamps commemorating the 55th anniversary of the NASA‘s Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. The UN Postal Administration (UNPA) will release six se-tenant postage stamps and three souvenir sheets on Saturday (July

A new quantum computer has broken a world record in “quantum supremacy,” topping the performance of benchmarking set by Google’s Sycamore machine by 100-fold. Using the new 56-qubit H2-1 computer, scientists at quantum computing company Quantinuum ran various experiments to benchmark the machine’s performance levels and the quality of the qubits used. They published their

Key Highlight NIGCOMSAT partners with the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) to support Nigeria’s broadcasting services Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) has partnered with the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) to provide uplink services on the NIGCOMSAT satellite network, aiming to enhance Nigeria’s broadcasting landscape. This three-month collaboration will help improve the quality and reach

NASA is honoring a ‘hidden figure’ and all of the women who contributed to the Apollo program with the naming of a building in Houston, where at the time of the moon missions it was part of the “Manned” Spacecraft Center. The agency’s Johnson Space Center (renamed for the president in 1973) marked the 55th

This first ever private spacewalk will be bringing some serious style to outer space. SpaceX‘s privately-funded crewed mission, Polaris Dawn, is moving toward a launch sometime this summer. The four-person crew, which includes the mission’s funder, billionaire philanthropist Jared Isaacman, recently completed acceptance testing for SpaceX’s new extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits, which they will wear

NASA says its next spacewalk will be delayed indefinitely until engineers understand more about what caused a coolant leak on June 24. Tracy Dyson, a NASA astronaut, had a brief spacesuit leak a month ago while still in the hatch of the International Space Station (ISS). She and Mike Barrett had just opened the door