SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit early Thursday morning (Dec. 7). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:07 a.m. EST (0507 GMT), on SpaceX’s 90th orbital mission...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to paint a picture of burger-shaped, planet-forming material around a young star. The tasty investigation conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope‘s Ice Age team has led to the creation of the first detailed 2-dimensional inventory...

NASA has set a provisional launch date of July 2028 for its Dragonfly mission, meant to explore Saturn’s largest moon Titan, with budgetary uncertainty cited as the reason for the project’s one-year delay. The Dragonfly team can now move forward with the next stage of development  —  Phase C  —  for...

On the sidelines of the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, UAE, the Rwanda Space Agency has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UAE Space Agency to establish collaboration frameworks in civil space activities, fostering research and development, space technologies, geospatial data sharing, and...

Japan will make moon-exploration history in the middle of next month, if all goes to plan. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced today (Dec. 5) that it’s targeting Jan. 19 for the lunar landing of its robotic SLIM (“Smart Lander for Investigating Moon”)...

Egypt has one of the earliest and most robust space programmes in Africa. With two launched satellites, a space city under construction, the operationalisation of the African Space Agency in the country,  several bilateral agreements in advancements in space technology, and other satellite projects...

In a news report by Xinhua, China has launched Egypt’s remote sensing satellite, MisrSat-2, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China onboard the Long March-2C carrier rocket. With a 2-meter panchromatic and an 8-meter multispectral resolution, the EO satellite will be utilised by...

SpaceX has acquired Pioneer Aerospace, a company that provided components for Dragon spacecraft parachutes before filing for bankruptcy. Elon Musk‘s aerospace company paid $2.2 million to rescue Pioneer Aerospace , according to a Florida bankruptcy filing in November by Aviation Safety...

Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket has a firm launch date at last. The European Space Agency (ESA) Ariane 6 rocket from Arianespace will bring its debut mission to space no earlier than June 15, 2024, officials with the testing team announced Thursday (Nov. 30). On board will be a set of small...