Author name: Galaxy Aerospace Ghana

Two more nations have joined the United States’ moon-exploring coalition. Last week, Cyprus and Chile signed the Artemis Accords, which lay out principles and guidelines for the peaceful and responsible exploration of the moon and other off-Earth locales. Their inclusion brings the total number of Artemis Accords signatories to 47. “Today we welcome Chile’s signing […]

China has been operating its completed Tiangong orbital outpost for almost two years now — and is looking to expand its capabilities with new modules and spacecraft. The three-module, T-shaped Tiangong space station was fully assembled in November 2022, with the arrival of the Mengtian science module. The station seems set to grow again, however.

The fourth International Conference on Advanced Geospatial Science & Technology, TeanGeo2024, concluded on October 24, 2024, at the Laico Hotel in Tunis after three days of intensive discussions, presentations, and knowledge-sharing. Organised by the Regional Center for Remote Sensing of North African States (CRTEAN) under the authority of Tunisia’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific

Starlink, the satellite internet service owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has temporarily suspended its recent increase in monthly subscription fees for Nigerian users. This suspension follows backlash and regulatory scrutiny over the price adjustment implemented on October 1, 2024. In a communication sent to subscribers on Thursday, Starlink explained its decision and assured customers charged

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast on Saturday evening (Oct. 26). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:47 p.m. EDT (2147 GMT). As to plan, the Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth about eight minutes

Nearly two months after Boeing’s Starliner returned to Earth without its astronauts, NASA is still working on the issues that complicated the spacecraft’s first crewed test flight, agency officials said on Friday (Oct. 25). Starliner‘s Crew Flight Test (CFT) concluded on Sept. 6, with the capsule touching down in New Mexico autonomously. NASA astronauts Butch

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the African Space Agency Council convened in Paris today for the first time to strengthen the African-European space collaboration. This historic meeting signals a new phase in Africa-European space relations, fostering collaborative projects and deeper strategic ties. H.E. Dr Tidiane Ouattara, President of the Council of the African Space

China has added a new batch of three spacecraft to a classified series of orbiting Yaogan satellites. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 9:09 p.m. EDT on Oct. 22 (0109 GMT and 9:09 a.m. Beijing time on Oct. 23), rising into overcast skies above the spaceport in southwestern

NASA’s retired space shuttle Discovery has been reunited with one of its last crew members. The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum debuted Robonaut-2 (R2), NASA’s first dexterous humanoid robot flown into space, on Thursday (Oct. 24). The two-armed, two-legged robotic testbed launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Discovery’s final mission in 2011.

Four space station crewmates are safely back on Earth after an extended mission and a long wait for the weather to cooperate. SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps all with NASA and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida on Friday