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On June 8, 1959, NASA’s rocket-powered X-15 experimental plane made its first glide flight. The X-15 rocket plane was part of a series of experimental hypersonic aircraft. This flight marked the beginning of almost a decade of research that explored the altitudes and hypersonic speed at the edge of space. At maximum speed, the X-15 […]

On June 6, 1995, NASA astronaut Norman Thagard broke NASA’s space endurance record after spending 84 days, 1 hour and 16 minutes aboard the Russian space station Mir. Thagard, a veteran of four Space Shuttle flights, was considered the first American cosmonaut and the first American to ride to space aboard a Russian vehicle. Thagard

The General Staff of the Armed Forces (EMGA) and the Senegalese Agency for Space Studies (ASES) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), establishing a strategic cooperation framework between the defence and space sectors. The agreement represents a significant milestone in Senegal’s efforts to strengthen national defence capabilities while laying the foundations of a sovereign

On June 5, 2002, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on the STS-111 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station. The launch was originally scheduled for May 30, but was delayed first by bad weather and then by technical issues on Endeavour. After a part was replaced, the shuttle was

On 4 June 2025, the Council of Ministers of Côte d’Ivoire approved a decree establishing the Space Agency of Côte d’Ivoire (ASCI) following a proposal by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Government spokesman Amadou Coulibaly made the announcement during the official briefing on the Council’s proceedings. ASCI has been created to oversee

On May 6, 2025, the Future African Space Explorer’s STEM Academy FASESA, in collaboration with Boeing, launched the second edition of the Pathways to Space programme. Building upon its previous success, the programme returned to Ethiopia and Nigeria and debuted in Kenya, aiming to engage up to 300 students aged 13 to 18 from state

In a rapidly evolving space industry characterised by increasing competition and compressed development timelines, CubeSpace CS is redefining satellite control for the small satellite market. As a global leader in Attitude Determination and Control Systems ADCS, CS is expanding its proven solutions beyond nanosatellites to serve spacecraft weighing between 50 and 1,000 kg. With a

In a milestone development for Arab space collaboration, the UAE Space Agency and the Egyptian Space Agency EgSA signed a wide ranging Memorandum of Understanding MoU during the 2025 NewSpace Africa Conference in Cairo. The agreement marks a critical step in deepening bilateral ties, with a focus on advancing space science, technology, and policy harmonisation.

Dragonfly Aerospace has announced a strategic Compatibility Agreement with Unibap Space Solutions, a Swedish leader in radiation tolerant edge computing. The agreement enables seamless integration between Dragonfly’s advanced electro-optical imaging payloads, Gecko, Mantis, Caiman, and the Chameleon series SWIR and Hyperspectral, and Unibap’s high performance edge computing platforms, including the iX5 and iX10 flight computers.

On June 3, 1965, NASA astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space. White left the safety of his Gemini 4 spacecraft equipped with a spacesuit, a tether and a small gas gun for maneuvering. The spacewalk occurred just months after the first-ever spacewalk by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, on March 18,