South Africa has announced a new partnership with the United Arab Emirates UAE to establish a dedicated South African satellite, further enhancing the country’s space technology capabilities. Speaking on the sidelines of the SAMENA Leaders’ Summit 2025 in Dubai, Deputy Minister of Communications and...

On May 28, 1959, two monkeys named Able and Baker became the first monkeys to go to space and make it back alive. Miss Able was a rhesus monkey from Kansas, and her crewmate Miss Baker was a squirrel monkey from Peru. They were tucked inside tight capsules, covered in various sensors and electrodes...

GeoVille, the lead implementing organisation of the European Space Agency’s flagship DUNIA programme, has unveiled a major enhancement to the platform aimed at transforming access to and utilisation of Earth Observation EO data across Africa. The latest upgrade introduces continent wide Sentinel 2...

In a groundbreaking international collaboration, astronomers from China’s Tsinghua University, along with scientists from Italy, Australia, Germany, and other nations, have used two of the world’s most advanced radio telescopes, China’s Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope FAST and...

The Senegalese Agency for Space Studies ASES hosted the inaugural Senegal Space Week 2025 on May 15 and 16, 2025, at the King Fahd Palace in Dakar. The two day event convened national and international experts, institutional representatives, and development partners to discuss strategies for...

On May 26, 1983, the European Space Agency launched its first X-ray observatory into space. The spacecraft was called EXOSAT, which stands for European X-ray Observatory SATellite. The mission was entirely devoted to studying the universe by looking exclusively at X-ray radiation. Human eyes...

Space in Africa, a boutique consulting and media firm providing data driven insights for businesses and decision makers to succeed in the African space industry, has released the 2025 African Space Budget Report. The Report aggregates annual budgets by African governments for space programmes and...

On May 6, 2025, the Future African Space Explorer’s STEM Academy FASESA, in collaboration with Boeing, launched the second edition of the Pathways to Space programme. Building upon its previous success, the programme returned to Ethiopia and Nigeria and debuted in Kenya, aiming to engage up to 300...

Strathmore University from Kenya has won the 2025 Africa Regional Round of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition, becoming the first Kenyan institution to advance to the global finals. The competition took place in South Africa and featured ten universities from across the continent...