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Key Highlight Nigeria as the first Center for CropWatch in West Africa. According to the news released by the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Nigeria has been inaugurated as the first Center for CropWatch in the West African sub-region. Chief Uche Nnaji, the Minister of the Federal Ministry of Innovation Science and Technology …

Nigeria Becomes the First Centre CropWatch Programme in West Africa. Read More »

Key Highlight Endurosat Partners with BIUST to build Botswana’s first satellite. EnduroSat, a Bulgaria-based satellite builder, is partnering with the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) to build the nation’s first satellite. BOTSAT-1 will be built on EnduroSat’s 3U microsatellite platform and equipped with a hyperspectral camera to support the country’s mining and …

Botswana Set to Launch its First Satellite in 2025. Read More »

The hunt for dark matter is about to get much cooler. Scientists are developing supercold quantum technology to hunt for the universe’s most elusive and mysterious stuff, which currently constitutes one of science’s biggest mysteries. Despite the fact that dark matter outnumbers the amount of ordinary matter in our universe by about six times, scientists …

Scientists Tap Into 2 New Quantum Methods To Catch Dark Matter Suspects. Read More »

The six NASA astronauts who are living off planet at the moment just beamed a special birthday message down to their home country. Mike Barratt, Matt Dominick, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Jeanette Epps, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore each took a turn at the mic, saying a few words about the Fourth of July from their …

NASA Astronauts Send Fourth of July Message To Earth From ISS. Read More »

China’s Shenzhou 18 astronauts are getting ready for a new extravehicular activity outside the Tiangong space station. The upcoming activities and training include science experiments and orbital maneuvers, according to state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). Commander Ye Guangfu and crewmates Li Cong and Li Guangsu have been aboard Tiangong since April 25. The trio …

China’s Shenzhou 18 astronauts prep for 2nd spacewalk. Read More »

NASA has a backup astronaut standing by for the first human moon mission in more than 50 years, which will lift off no earlier than 2025. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas will serve as backup for the three U.S. astronauts on the Artemis 2 round-the-moon flight, the agency announced today (July 3). Douglas will back up …

NASA Announces Artemis 2 Moon Mission Backup Astronaut — Andre Douglas Will Support 2025 Lunar Liftoff. Read More »

A private Chinese rocket took an unscheduled flight over the weekend. The Beijing-based company Space Pioneer conducted a “static fire” test with the first stage of its new Tianlong-3 rocket on Sunday (June 30) in Gongyi, a city of about 800,000 people in the central Chinese province of Henan. Space Pioneer briefly ignited the stage’s …

Private Chinese Rocket Accidentally Launches During Test. Read More »

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket will fly for the fifth time ever early Tuesday morning (July 2), and you can watch the action live. The mission, which Firefly calls “Noise of Summer,” is scheduled to launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 12:03 a.m. EDT (0403 GMT; 9:03 p.m. on July 1 local California time). …

Watch Firefly Aerospace Launch 8 Cubesats To Orbit Tonight. Read More »

If you’ve always wanted to witness a stellar explosion, your time is about to come. T Coronae Borealis, also known as T CrB (pronounced tee-core-bore) or the “Blaze Star,” is on the precipice of a massive explosion — one that should be visible from Earth. According to calculations by Brad Schaefer, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at …

Once-in-a-lifetime Star Explosion, Visible From Earth, Could Happen Any Day Now. Read More »

Japan’s new H3 rocket flew for the third time ever tonight (June 30). The H3 launched the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 (ALOS-4; also known as DAICHI-4) from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center tonight, rising off the pad at 11:06 p.m. EDT (0306 GMT and 12:06 p.m. Japan Standard Time on July 1). ALOS-4 was deployed into …

Japan Launches Advanced Earth-observing Satellite On 3rd Flight of H3 Rocket . Read More »