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On April 22, 2010, the U.S. Air Force launched the super-secret X-37B space plane on its first spaceflight. This space plane is also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle. It looks a lot like NASA’s space shuttle, only it’s much smaller and doesn’t have any windows. But the X-37B doesn’t need windows anyway, because no […]

The 2025 NewSpace Africa Conference began on its first day with policy and strategy discussions, including the signing of the AU-EU Gateway programme. Panel sessions examined the adoption and impact of space technologies across government agencies, commercial firms, and academic institutions. On the second day, the conference continued with high-level keynote speeches, interactive sessions, and

During the second day of the 2025 NewSpace Africa Conference, John P. Janka, Chief Officer of Global Government Affairs at Viasat, delivered a stark warning Unchecked mega constellations pose a real and present danger to Africa’s space driven growth, innovation, and security ambitions. His presentation, A Real and Present Danger to Growth, Innovation, Security &

On the sidelines of the 2025 NewSpace Africa Conference held at the Egyptian Space City in Cairo, the Africa EU Space Programme was launched, signalling a renewed commitment by the European Union EU to promote sustainable development and build equitable global partnerships between both continents. The programme launch featured key appearances from H.E. Javier Nino

On April 21, 1997, the cremated remains of 24 people were launched into space in the first ever space funeral. One of those people was Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek. Other notable cremated people on board included the physicist and space exploration activist Gerard O’Neill, the German rocket scientist Krafft Ehricke, and Timothy

Space in Africa, in collaboration with the African Space Agency AfSA and hosted by the Egyptian Space Agency EgSA, is organising the 2025 NewSpace Africa Conference from 21 to 24 April at the Egypt Space City, Cairo, Egypt. As Africa’s premier gathering for the continent’s and international space stakeholders, the event has attracted over 500

Africa’s long-standing ambitions in space took a historic step forward today, April 20, 2025, with the official inauguration of the African Space Agency AfSA at its permanent headquarters in Egypt’s Space City, Cairo. The landmark event marks the culmination of nearly a decade of strategic groundwork that began in January 2016, when the African Union

The International Astronomical Union’s Office of Astronomy for Development IAU-OAD will support 13 global projects in 2025, selected to receive a total of EUR 69,500. Two ongoing multi year projects have received EUR 21,000 for their second and third year of funding. This represents a 42.48% decrease from last year’s allocation of EUR 113,011 that

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon Apollo 16 was NASA’s fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. Three NASA astronauts were on board John Young, the commander, Ken Mattingly, the command module pilot, and Charlie Duke, the lunar module pilot. They lifted off from Kennedy Space

South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope has discovered a new giant radio galaxy, nicknamed ‘Inkathazo, meaning trouble in Xhosa and Zulu languages, due to the difficulty in understanding the physics behind this discovery. The cosmic megastructure measures 3.3 million light-years, which is 32 times the size of our Milky Way galaxy and is 1.44 billion light-years away