Ghana Space News
Blue Origin today successfully launched its 13th human spaceflight, the NS-33 mission, marking another milestone in commercial space travel. The flight, which carried six passengers, including Chief Owolabi Salis, the first Nigerian, soared past the Kármán line (100 km / 62 miles) to reach an apogee...
Kenya now has access to cutting-edge satellite data for climate monitoring, following its membership in the Space Climate Observatory network. The Kenya Space Agency’s membership, formalised when Brigadier Hillary Kipkosgey signed the SCO Charter during the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna...
On June 26, 1954, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics basically pre-1958 NASA moved their headquarters to a brand new facility at Edwards Air Force Base in California. More than 200 employees moved to what they called the High Speed Flight Station. Before the big move, they were cramped...
Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks, today announced a transformative partnership with the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative WPDI, the nonprofit organisation founded by Academy Award-winning actor and humanitarian Forest Whitaker...
On June 25, 1997, a Russian Progress M-34 spacecraft collided with the Russian Mir space station. The uncrewed cargo spacecraft was doing an experimental test of the docking system when it crashed into the space station’s Spektr module. The collision ended up puncturing Spektr’s hull...
The African Union (AU) Commission has officially launched the Space for Early Warning in Africa (SEWA) initiative, marking a significant step toward enhancing the continent’s capacity to anticipate and respond to climate-related disasters. The launch event, held in Windhoek, Namibia, on June 24...
The Copperbelt University in Kitwe, Zambia, has officially joined a growing continental network of radio astronomy infrastructure with the successful installation of the Transient Array Radio Telescope TART, a 24-element instrument designed for real-time, all-sky monitoring of transient events. This...
On June 23, 1949, the XS-1 space plane flew for the 117th time. The XS-1, later called the Bell X-1 (as it was built by the Bell Aircraft company), was a piloted, rocket engine powered spaceplane that could fly faster than the speed of sound. During this flight, pilot Robert Champine tested the...
Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agency NASRDA has partnered with GalaxySpace, a Chinese satellite operator, to introduce Direct to Device D2D satellite communication services across the country. The agreement, formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding MoU signed in Abuja...