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Using meteorites from Mars, an AI-powered robot chemist synthesized compounds that could be used to generate oxygen from water, scientists announced on Monday (Nov. 13). . Potential future crewed missions to Mars will need oxygen — not just for astronauts to breathe, but also for use as rocket propellant. One key way to make such […]

The Republic of Djibouti has launched its first satellite, Djibouti 1A, today, from the Vandenberg Space Force Base onboard the SpaceX Transporter-9 dedicated SSO rideshare mission. Developed through a joint capacity-building programme between Djibouti and its technical partner, the Centre Spatial Universitaire de Montpellier (CSUM), Djiboutian engineers and technicians in France designed, constructed and tested

SpaceX launched the SES O3b mPOWER mission on Sunday (Nov. 12), a flight that placed two communication satellites into medium Earth orbit (MEO). The Falcon 9 rocket ferrying these satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 4:08 p.m. EST (2108 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth

During the GeoWeek 2023 Ministerial Summit, Humbulani Mudau, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), signed the Space for Climate Observatory (SCO) Charter with Frédéric Bretar, Head of the Space for Climate Observatory. This initiative is dedicated to optimising the utilisation of satellite data and digital technologies to advance effective

Former NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who in 1968 led the first mission to fly humans to the moon, has died at the age of 95. Borman’s death in Billings, Montana on Tuesday (Nov. 7) was confirmed by NASA. “Today we remember one of NASA’s best. Astronaut Frank Borman was a true American hero,” said NASA

The next astronaut moon spacecraft felt the power this week. The Orion spacecraft for Artemis 2, expected to circle the moon with four astronauts on board in 2024, successfully passed its first power-on test on Monday (Nov. 6). It will carry NASA‘s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and the Canadian Space Agency‘s Jeremy Hansen,

In a news release by the Embassy of Rwanda in Seoul, South Korea, the embassy held a strategic meeting with Professor Lee Jinsang from the Korea Aerospace University (KAU), along with Professor Yim Deok Soon and Professor Kim EJ from Korea’s Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI). This meeting is expected to open up and

SpaceX’s next robotic cargo mission to the International Space Station has been cleared for its Thursday (Nov. 9) liftoff. NASA and SpaceX teams completed a launch readiness review (LRR) on Wednesday (Nov. 8) for the CRS-29 mission, which will send a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS). Everything went well with the review,

In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, access to high-speed internet has become an essential lifeline. Starlink, the revolutionary satellite-based internet service developed by SpaceX, is changing the way we think about connectivity. But beyond the promise of reliable internet, what are the products that make Starlink the game-changer it is today? Starlink Kit: At the

Dr Emmanuel Nkurunziza, the Director-General of the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), and Dr El-Hadi Gashut, the Director General of the Regional Center for Remote Sensing of North Africa States (CRTEAN), have signed a memorandum of understanding today to promote collaboration on geospatial projects and training. This partnership aims to avail