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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-R series constellation is expected to be complete in space soon, pending a successful launch of its GOES-U satellite at the end of June. The mission will be historic for many reasons, including the fact it will mark the first time a NOAA satellite will be transported to […]

NASA has picked a new date for the spacewalk that was postponed last weekend due to “spacesuit discomfort.” NASA astronauts Tracy Dyson and Matt Dominick were set to perform the International Space Station’s (ISS) 90th extravehicular activity (EVA 90) on June 13, and had already been outfitted with the majority of their spacesuits when the

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is holding a virtual public meeting this evening (June 17) about the potential environmental impact of SpaceX’s Starship operations in Florida, and you can participate online. SpaceX wants to launch its giant Starship megarocket from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on Florida’s Space Coast. The FAA

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has taken its first look at China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft on the moon’s far side. The Chang’e 6 lander is flanked by two craters similar in size to it and is on the edge of a much more subtle crater about 165 feet (50 meters) wide, reports Mark Robinson, the

On June 17, 1985, the space shuttle Discovery launched on NASA’s STS-51G mission, carrying payload specialist Sultan Salman Abdelize Al Saud, a Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who became the first Arab and first Muslim in space. And because he was a prince in the House of Saud, he became the first member of a

Key Highlights ICAO has selected ASECNA to host the African Flight Procedures Programme and implement the Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) for Africa and the Indian Ocean, known as Augmented Navigation for Africa (ANGA). According to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), there will be significant transformations in Africa’s aviation sector over the next two decades,

The black hearts of galaxies have had their history told almost in full for the first time, as astronomers combined X-ray observations with detailed supercomputer models to chronicle the growth of supermassive black holes over 12 billion years of cosmic history. In doing so, the scientists have shown that the black hole at the core

The Angolan National Space Programme Management Office (GGPEN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Regional African Satellite Communications Organisation (RASCOM). This MoU aims to develop mutually beneficial partnerships for training, innovation, and research in space science and technology. Both parties will share knowledge, platforms, and applications. The agreement was signed by Dr

This is how decades-old space junk drifting in Earth’s orbit would look like seen from just 50 meters (164 feet) away. You are looking at the spent upper stage of a discarded Japanese rocket that launched an Earth observation satellite back in 2009. The rocket body was imaged up close on May 23 by the

All right, everyone — we can all breathe a sigh of relief. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is fully operational once more, with all four science instruments returning usable data to Earth. The problems began in November 2023, when Voyager 1 lost its ability to “speak” with us. More specifically, it started sending to Earth unintelligible data