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NASA is considering pulling a pair of shelved spacecraft out of storage to facilitate a non-agency mission to spy on notorious asteroid Apophis. Apophis, also known as asteroid 99942, is a 1,100-foot (340-meter) asteroid set to fly by Earth in 2029. Named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, the massive space rock was …

Shelved NASA Spacecraft Could Spy On Asteroid Apophis Before 2029 Earth Flyby. Read More »

Over the years, meteorological collaborations have been an integral part of the cooperation between China and Africa. This significant partnership has been made possible through China’s expansion of its Fengyun satellite services to over 30 African countries, significantly enhancing Africa’s meteorological capabilities. These services have provided meteorological data that have served a critical role in …

China’s Role in Developing Africa’s Meteorology Through Fengyun Satellites. Read More »

When NASA’s Artemis 3 crewed mission lands on the lunar surface a few years from now, the first astronauts to walk on the moon since the Apollo age will be able to take advantage of something their antecedents could not: cellular network technology. Artemis 3‘s astronauts will wear spacesuits equipped with 4G connectivity — the …

Artemis 3 Astronauts Will Walk On The Moon With 4G-Equipped Spacesuits. Read More »

A space capsule that NASA used to learn more about safely launching astronauts to the moon has arrived at a U.S. school for a different type of education. The University of North Dakota (UND) has taken delivery of the Orion Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) test vehicle, which 15 years ago demonstrated one possible way …

Orion Capsule Used In Abort Test ‘Lands’ At University Of North Dakota. Read More »

Hardware is on the move for future NASA moon missions with astronauts. Big pieces for both Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 hit the road in recent weeks as the missions, now set for 2025 and 2026, respectively, continue to assemble key hardware ahead of their lunar launches. Artemis 2 aims to send four astronauts around …

The Pieces of NASA’s Next 3 Artemis Moon Missions Head To Florida Launch Site. Read More »

On Saturday (Aug. 31) NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore noticed something weird inside the Starliner spacecraft. Wilmore radioed down to Mission Control to ask about the bizarre noises heard emanating from Starliner‘s speakers while the spacecraft is currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS). “There’s a strange noise coming through the speaker,” Wilmore tells Mission …

NASA Astronaut Butch Wilmore Reports ‘Strange Noise’ Coming From Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft, ‘I Don’t Know What’s Making It’. Read More »

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute (GSSTI) have signed a collaboration agreement. This agreement concludes a highly productive week-long African Heads of Space Agencies meeting at the National Space Conference 2024. Mr Mudau, the CEO of SANSA, and Dr Joseph Bremang Tandoh, the director of GSSTI, signed …

Sidelines From The National Space Conference: SANSA Signs Collaboration Agreement with Ghana. Read More »

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets in just over an hour early Saturday (Aug. 31) and nailed back-to-back booster landings three days after a recent failure. The two Falcon 9 launches — which lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base, respectively — delivered a total of 42 …

SpaceX Launches Back-to-Back Falcon 9 Rockets Within 65 Minutes And Aces 2 Landings Days After A Failed Booster Touchdown. Read More »

Two Mars-bound smallsats that will fly on the highly anticipated debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket have arrived at their launch site in Florida. The satellite duo, known as ESCAPADE (“Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers”), are set to launch atop New Glenn no earlier than Oct. 13 from Cape Canaveral Space Force …

Rocket Lab’s Mars Probes Reach Launch Site Ahead Of 1st Flight On Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket. Read More »

More than four months after launching to space, a solar-sailing spacecraft has successfully spread its wings above our planet. NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) caught a ride to space on April 24 on Rocket Lab’s Electron vehicle and, at the end of August, NASA shared in a release that its mission operators verified …

NASA’s Solar Sail Successfully Spreads Its Wings In Space. Read More »