Ghana Space News
Data received from Juno indicates the first four of 90 images taken by the spacecraft’s JunoCam outreach camera during its most recent flyby of Jupiter (Perijove 47) were degraded: two were unusable and two had a high level of image noise. The JunoCam team believes the loss of these images is due to...
Buduburam, Ghana – Victor Tagborloh, Co- founder and CEO of Galaxy Aerospace Ghana has announced the beginning of the space elevator project that will enable them to take Ghana to space by 2030. “We are starting our journey of creating the space elevator to orbit this May. And this marks the...
Galaxy Aerospace Ghana and Science Journalism Ghana Join Forces to Boost Science Journalism in Ghana
– Galaxy Aerospace Ghana (GAG), a leading aerospace company based in Ghana, and Science Journalism Ghana (SJG), a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science journalism, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate and promote science and technology in Ghana. The...
Peggy Whitson, America’s most experienced astronaut with 665 days in space and 10 spacewalks over three stays aboard the International Space Station, is poised to build on her legacy as one of the consensus “GOATs” — greatest of all time — in the American space program...
The space telescope’s powerful infrared gaze provides a new view of how the galaxy has changed over billions of years. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole. Webb’s powerful...
The gravitational tug of a neighboring planet may heat the world’s interior, creating the right conditions for volcanic activity on the surface. Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet, or world beyond our solar system, that may be carpeted with volcanoes. Called LP 791-18 d, the planet...
With its primary mission over, the CubeSat will zoom by Earth late Tuesday, May 16, and NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System app will track it, providing a chance to say farewell. NASA’s Lunar Flashlight mission to the Moon has ended, but the briefcase-size spacecraft will soon fly past Earth before...
The second-ever private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) remains on track to lift off this weekend. NASA, SpaceX and Houston company Axiom Space held a flight readiness review (FRR) today (May 15) for the Ax-2 mission, which is scheduled to launch four people toward the...
The newly discovered planet and its Earth-size sibling are both in the habitable zone, where liquid water could potentially exist on their surfaces. Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the...