Ghana Space News
SLIM’s not dead yet. The SLIM spacecraft, Japan’s first-ever successful moon lander, has survived the long, cold lunar night for the second time. Mission team members announced the news via X on Wednesday (March 27), in a post that also featured a photo newly snapped by the...
On April 3, 2024, the second day of the NewSpace Africa Conference in Luanda, Angola, stakeholders from the United States of America and African governments, civil society, and industry will convene in a high-level meeting to foster space partnerships and commerce. This meeting continues...
The era of Delta Heavy IV is coming to an end. For the last 64 years, United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) heavy-lift rocket has led an impressive career lofting large payloads into space. However, on Tuesday (March 28), the rocket will lift off one last time when it launches from Space...
Boeing and its subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences are suing Virgin Galactic over unpaid work and the misappropriation of trade secrets. The suit alleges that Virgin Galactic has not paid $26.4 million in invoices for work related to the development of a new “mothership” aircraft intended...
Astronomers have discovered powerful “twisted” magnetic fields spiraling around the black hole that sits at the center of the Milky Way, the European Southern Observatory said Wednesday. A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) for the first time showed in polarized light a...
The explosive, city-size “devil comet” that is due to fly past Earth later this year has a hidden spiral of light surrounding its gigantic icy heart, new images show. This glowing green swirl would likely have remained undetected without a bit of photo wizardry. The comet, named...
The Outgoing CEO of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh says the company sees Starlink as a strategic partner that will provide an additional channel of connectivity for MTN to serve its customers better. He was speaking to shareholders at the 6th Annual General Meeting of MTN Ghana. This week, the Minister...
SpaceX launched another batch of its broadband satellites to orbit this evening (March 25). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at 7:42 p.m. EDT (2342 GMT). The Falcon 9’s first stage...
The first successful private moon-landing mission is officially over. On Feb. 22, Intuitive Machines‘ Odysseus spacecraft, affectionately known as Odie, touched down near the lunar south pole, becoming the first commercial vehicle ever to ace a moon landing. The solar-powered Odie operated on...