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About 42,231 African names have been sent to space aboard the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA’s) Europa Clipper Mission, a stellar journey to study Jupiter’s most interesting moon, Europa. SpaceX launched the mission on a Falcon Heavy rocket on October 14, 2024, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. 53 of the …

42,000 Africans Reach for the Stars by Sending Their Names to Space. Read More »

MaxIQ Space, a leader in space-focused STEM education, has partnered with Parklands College and the Sakhikamva Foundation to launch a 1U payload aboard the Aerospace Systems Research Institute’s (ASRI) Phoenix hybrid rocket. The test launch, scheduled for December 2024, is a significant milestone for space education and commercial ventures in Africa, marking a critical step …

MaxIQ Space and Partners to Launch Student Payload on ASRI’s Phoenix Test Flight in December 2024. Read More »

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an intricate portrait of two nearby stars that have been in close contact for centuries, revealing once again the complex yet volatile relationship of a stellar duo. The striking, hour-glass-shaped nebula seen in the new image was forged from the centuries-long interaction between its two distinct occupants: a compact, …

Hubble Telescope Sees ‘Stellar Volcano’ Erupt In Amazing Colors. Read More »

The 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), hosted in Milan, Italy, from October 14 to 18, 2024, brought together over 11,000 delegates from 96 countries, making it the premier global event for space professionals. Organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), this year’s congress, themed “Responsible Space for Sustainability,” saw a significant presence from the African …

Africa’s Participation At The 75th IAC In Milan. Read More »

SpaceX sent a set of internet satellites to orbit for another company early Sunday morning (Oct. 20). SpaceX launched the last batch of Eutelsat OneWeb’s V1 satellites from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday at 1:13 a.m. EDT (0513 GMT; 10:13 p.m. on Oct. 19 local California time). The …

SpaceX Launches 20 Eutelsat OneWeb Broadband Satellites To Orbit. Read More »

NASA recently put a crucial part of the Roman Space Telescope — the Outer Barrel Assembly — through a rigorous “spin test” designed to evaluate its resilience against the intense gravitational forces it will encounter during launch. This test, a standard procedure in aerospace engineering, typically takes place inside a massive centrifuge that mimics the …

NASA’s Next-Generation Nancy Roman Space Telescope Aces Crucial ‘Spin Test’. Read More »

SpaceX has given us another angle on the epic fifth test flight of its Starship megarocket. The company made history on that Oct. 13 mission, catching Starship‘s Super Heavy first-stage booster with the “chopstick” arms of the launch tower about seven minutes after liftoff. But Starship’s 165-foot-tall (50 meters) upper stage — known as Starship, or …

SpaceX’s Starship Come Down For Nighttime Splashdown During Epic Test Flight. Read More »

Intelsat has introduced a new satellite-based cellular backhaul service platform in Lagos, Nigeria, to expand its services and enhance mobile connectivity in Nigeria and surrounding West African nations. The platform at the Open Access Data Centre (WIOCC) is a significant step toward improving connectivity infrastructure across Nigeria and Africa. This move addresses the persistent challenge …

Intelsat Introduces Satellite Backhaul Service to Boost Connectivity in Nigeria and West Africa. Read More »

SpaceX just added another batch of launches to its already-busy manifest. The U.S. Space Force announced on Friday (Oct. 18) that it has awarded SpaceX $733.6 million, in the form of two “National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 Launch Service Task Orders.” Together, the two task orders cover seven launches for the Space …

US Space Force Awards SpaceX $730 Million To Launch At Least 9 National-Security Missions. Read More »

SpaceX sent yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit tonight (Oct. 18). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 20 Starlink craft, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight at 7:31 p.m. EDT (2331 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage came back to Earth about …

SpaceX Launches 20 Starlink Internet Satellites From Florida. Read More »