Ghana Space News

SpaceX Launches 22 Starlink Satellites from California

SpaceX launched 22 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from California on Sunday (Oct. 29), on the first of two planned missions for the day. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Sunday at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT; 2 a.m. local California time). The...

Scientists created AI that could Detect Alien Life

Scientists have created an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can detect alien life in physical samples — though they aren’t sure exactly how it works. The new machine-learning algorithm — trained using living cells, fossils, meteorites and lab-made chemicals — can distinguish between...

Groundbreaking Laser Communications Experiment Flying to ISS on SpaceX Cargo Mission on Nov. 5

Early next month, SpaceX will send a clutch of science experiments to the space station investigating a range of topics, from high-speed laser communications to rolling atmospheric waves on Earth. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the uncrewed Dragon spacecraft, is scheduled to launch toward the...

What time is the Full Hunter’s Moon lunar eclipse on Oct. 28?

The Full Hunter’s Moon of October will see the Earth’s shadow pass across its face this weekend, creating a partial lunar eclipse. The lunar eclipse will be fully visible from Africa, Europe, Asia and parts of Western Australia. The eastern tip of South America will get a small glimpse...

NASA wants to fly this Nuclear Dragonfly Drone on Saturn’s Moon Titan.

Testing is now underway on NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft, a nuclear-powered, car-sized aerial drone that will look for potential precursors to life on Saturn’s moon, Titan. But before Dragonfly can take to the sky, NASA has to make sure it can withstand the moon’s unique environment...

China Launches New 3-Astronaut Crew to Tiangong Space Station

China’s youngest crew so far is on its way to the Tiangong space station. A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert today (Oct. 25) at 11:14 p.m. EDT  (0314 GMT or 11:14 a.m. Beijing Time on Oct. 26), carrying the Shenzhou 17 spacecraft and...

Updates on the African Space Agency

On the sidelines of the ongoing AU-EU Space Dialogue at Dakar, Senegal, Dr Tidiane Ouattara, AUC Space Expert and the GMES & Africa Programme Coordinator, shared some crucial updates regarding the African Space Agency (AfSA) and various other space-related initiatives led by the AUC on the...

Curiosity Rover Discovers New Evidence Mars once had ‘Right Conditions’ for Life

Thanks to a combination of images from NASA’s Curiosity rover, scans of sedimentary rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico on Earth and computer simulations, geologists have identified the ancient, eroded remnants of rivers in a number of craters on Mars. A team of researchers examining data...

Starlink Satellite Internet Service in Ghana

Galaxy Aerospace Ghana, an organization, whose mission is to promote academic research, establish Ghana’s self-reliance in space science and technology, and promote satellite applications In partnership with Starlink, the telecommunications project, created by Elon Musk’s space...