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Everything appears to be fine for our Red Planet robots — NASA can talk to Ingenuity again. I held my breath for a moment on Jan. 18, when scientists announced they’d lost contact with the Perseverance Mars rover’s helicopter friend, Ingenuity. Ingenuity had been nearing completion of its 72nd flight — a liftoff far past […]

 The Joint Programme Office (JPO) of the Satellite Navigation in Africa Support Programme III is spearheading the advancement of Satellite Navigation in Africa. As a key component of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) on regional integration and trade, its primary objective is to bolster safety in civil aviation by introducing satellite navigation technologies in Africa.

The two companies with NASA contracts to develop crewed lunar landers are also beginning work on cargo versions of their spacecraft. NASA has exercised options in Human Landing System (HLS) awards made to Blue Origin and SpaceX to begin initial design and development work of versions of their landers that can carry large amounts of

Japan’s high-precision “Moon Sniper” lander has touched down on the lunar surface in a first for the country, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has said. But the agency said it was still “checking its status” due to an issue with the craft’s power supply. Officials also said they needed more time to analyse whether

A Kentucky city has come up with an out-of-this-world campaign to promote tourism. The Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau used an infrared laser to beam a message into space to invite extraterrestrial travelers. “The first thing you’ll notice as you descend through Earth’s atmosphere above Central Kentucky is the lush green countryside that surrounds Lexington’s

The milestone could help researchers better locate objects on the lunar surface. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) recently bounced a laser off India’s Vikram moon lander, marking a space-communications first. Vikram touched down near the lunar south pole on Aug. 23, 2023 on India’s pioneering Chandrayaan-3 mission, which also included a rover named Pragyan. Vikram

The private Peregrine moon lander’s long journey is about to come to an end, back on its home planet. Peregrine will likely slam into Earth’s atmosphere over the southern Pacific Ocean today (Jan. 18) around 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT), according to its builder, the Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic. “Astrobotic has positioned the Peregrine spacecraft for

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation (MoCD), Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has officially launched the National Communications Authority (NCA) Five-Year Strategic Plan (2024-2028) in Accra. The Authority’s Five-Year Strategic Plan’s development is in accordance with Section 3(b) of the NCA Act, 2008 (Act 769), and is aimed at setting clearly-defined goals and measurable steps for the Authority.

SpaceX is poised for its next crewed liftoff. The company remains on target to launch the private Ax-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday (Jan. 17) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as planned. “We’re happy to say that we’re on track — we’re ready,” Benji Reed, senior director of human