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The four astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-7 mission returned to Earth early Tuesday morning (March 12), with their homecoming broadcast live. Crew-7’s Dragon capsule, Endurance, splashed down at 5:50 a.m. EDT (0950 UTC) off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. The recovery crew arrived at the capsule around three minutes later, with thermal cameras tracking the recovery …

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Stratolaunch, a company that aims to launch hypersonic vehicles from the world’s largest airplane, aced its first rocket-powered flight on Saturday (March 9) with a historic test over the Pacific Ocean. The massive Stratolaunch carrier plane “Roc” launched its expendable prototype vehicle Talon-A1 (T-A1) during a test flight that took off from the Mojave Air …

Stratolaunch Launches 1st Rocket-Powered Flight Of Hypersonic Prototype From World’s Largest Airplane. Read More »

South African NewSpace company, Simera Sense, providing end-to-end optical payloads for the small satellite Earth observation industry, has raised EUR13.5 million in a recent growth investment round. The funding was led by NewSpace Capital and Knife Capital. Simera Sense offers off-the-shelf high-resolution cameras ready for use by clients across the global small satellite industry. This …

Simera Sense Raises EUR 13.5 Million for Expansion Plans. Read More »

SpaceX launched 23 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida on Sunday (March 10). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 7:05 p.m. EDT (2305 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes after liftoff. It made a vertical landing …

SpaceX Launches 23 Starlink Satellites From Florida. Read More »

On March 10, 1977, astronomers discovered rings around Uranus! Astronomers had long suspected that Uranus has rings, but the actual discovery happened by accident. A team of three astronomers was using NASA’s Kuiper Airborne Observatory to observe the atmosphere of Uranus. They did this during a stellar occultation, which means that a background star was …

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The Pentagon’s UFO office is developing sensor kits to help it collect data in real time on unidentified objects in the sky or in space. That’s according to Tim Phillips, the acting head of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO, a U.S. Department of Defense office aimed at studying unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), a …

Pentagon UFO Office Developing ‘Gremlin’ Sensors To Help Identify Anomalies in Orbit. Read More »

On February 7, 2024, Space in Africa hosted its fifth webinar series titled “Enhancing Infrastructure, Transportation, and Connectivity in Africa with GNSS.” The webinar provided a platform for participants to gain insights from experts representing key stakeholders leading SBAS implementation in Africa. These experts included representatives from the SatNav-Africa Joint Programme Office, the Agency for …

Enhancing Infrastructure, Transportation, and Connectivity in Africa with GNSS; Excerpts. Read More »

A NASA scientific balloon mission just set a new agency record, spending 57 days floating in the skies above the South Pole. The mission, called the Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO), launched a gargantuan scientific balloon from McMurdo Station in Antarctica on Dec. 31. The balloon stayed aloft for a total of 57 days, …

NASA High-Altitude Balloon Breaks Agency Flight Record. Read More »

Astronomers have discovered the oldest known “dead” galaxy in recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This galaxy appears to challenge current models of the early universe. The newly discovered galaxy, named JADES-GS-z7-01-QU, stopped forming stars more than 13 billion years ago, when the universe was only 700 million years old. However, astronomers …

Oldest ‘Dead’ Galaxy Ever Seen Defies Current Models Of The Ancient Universe. Read More »

According to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), China’s aerospace industry has significantly fostered expertise exchanges, data sharing, and technology cooperation with the international community over the past year. These endeavours have advanced the joint high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative and the community-building goal. CASC highlighted various milestones regarding China’s …

CASC Highlights Collaborative Efforts in Advancing Space-related Activities in Africa. Read More »