In late March, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that one of its satellite missions “practically left zero debris in orbit” after a spent rocket stage was lowered to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere during re-entry. Similar deorbiting techniques will be used to make future missions “debris-free” by the end of this decade, ISRO …
India Aims To Achieve ‘Debris-Free’ Space Missions By 2030. Read More »
NASA’s interstellar explorer Voyager 1 is finally communicating with ground control in an understandable way again. On Saturday (April 20), Voyager 1 updated ground control about its health status for the first time in 5 months. While the Voyager 1 spacecraft still isn’t sending valid science data back to Earth, it is now returning usable …
NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Finally Phones Home After 5 Months Of No Contact. Read More »
South China Morning Post announced that Ethiopia’s Space Science and Geospatial Institute (SSGI) and the Kenya Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) to join the China-led International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), bringing the total to more than a dozen participating organisations globally. China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL, …
SSGI and KAIST Join China-Led Moon Project, ILRS. Read More »
In a news report released by the Africa Mobile Networks Group (AMN), the group has announced that the first AMN base station is live using LEO backhaul from SpaceX’s Starlink. Utilising Starlink terminals for low-latency satellite backhaul enables the delivery of AMN’s unique multi-carrier radio access node (the ARN) with support for 3G, 4G, and …
AMN Employs SpaceX’s Starlink Constellation to Link Rural Villages in Nigeria. Read More »
Muhammed Faris, who was the first cosmonaut from Syria and second Arab to fly into space, has died at the age of 72. Faris’ death on Friday (April 19) was reported by Syrian media. According to the reports, he died as a result of a long illness in Türkiye, where had been living as a …
Cosmonaut Muhammed Faris, First Syrian In space, Dies At 72. Read More »
The Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS) is one of the first three potential payloads NASA selected for the Artemis 3 mission, which will land humans on the moon in 2026 for the first time in more than 50 years. The compact, autonomous seismometer is designed to withstand the long, cold lunar night and operate during …
NASA’s Artemis 3 Astronauts Will Put A Moonquake Detector On Lunar Surface. Read More »
The full moon of April, called the Pink Moon, will occur in the eastern U.S. during the evening hours of April 23, at 7:49 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (2349 UT). Later that night, Mars and Saturn will rise in the predawn hours. Full moons occur when the moon is exactly on the opposite side of …
April Full Moon 2024: The Pink Moon Joins Mars and Saturn In The Night Sky. Read More »
A space-junk removal satellite launched for Japanese company Astroscale has completed rendezvous maneuvers with its target and is commencing a proximity operations phase in which it will approach the other spacecraft. The Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) satellite launched on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket on Feb. 18. It aims to get up close …
Private Space-Junk Probe To Conduct Up-close Inspection Of Spent Rocket Stage. Read More »
Japan is on track to beam solar power from space to Earth next year, two years after a similar feat was achieved by U.S. engineers. The development marks an important step toward a possible space-based solar power station that could help wean the world off fossil fuels amid the intensifying battle against climate change. Speaking …
Japanese Satellite Will Beam Solar Power To Earth In 2025. Read More »
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also dubbed the ‘Devil Comet’ has thrilled skywatchers in recent months with its impressive night sky display and sudden flare-ups in brightness. But as it approaches perihelion — its closest distance to the sun — on April 21, will it survive the encounter or be subjected to a fiery fate? Well, there’s good …
‘Devil Comet’ 12P/Pons-Brooks is heading for the sun. Read More »
