Ghana Space News
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman, a billionaire, philanthropist and private astronaut to lead NASA. What do we know about the potential next administrator of America’s space agency? Isaacman, born in Union, New Jersey in February 1983, is worth an estimated $1.8...
Of all the planets in our solar system, Saturn is by far the mooniest. And that’s saying a lot. Sure, we’re here in our corner with our single friend, The Moon™, but Neptune wanders the universe with 16 known companions, Uranus boasts 28 of its own, and there are a whopping 95 moons in...
SpaceX launched yet another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Dec. 13). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 22 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2155 GMT; 1:55 p.m. local time in California). The Falcon...
The world’s most powerful rocket is nearing its next test flight. The seventh launch of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket is expected within the next month or so. After a recent static fire of the vehicle’s massive Super Heavy first-stage booster, the company has prepped the Starship...
SpaceX scrubbed the planned launch of the mysterious RRT-1 mission from Florida’s Space Coast on Friday (Dec. 13)_ due to high winds. A Falcon 9 rocket had been scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Friday at 8:04 p.m. EDT (0104 GMT on Dec. 14), kicking...
The final full moon of 2024 lights the skies this weekend to welcome in the holiday season. December’s full Cold Moon will rise overnight on Saturday (Dec. 14) and remain in the sky all night until setting with the sunrise on Sunday (Dec. 15). The full moon will rise in the Taurus...
Sonke Telecommunications has achieved a global milestone by introducing a world-first Layer 2 solution integrated into its OneWeb (Eutelsat) satellite connectivity offering. This breakthrough, powered by Sonke’s advanced core network fabric, enables rapid adoption of emerging technologies and...
India continues to perfect hardware and recovery procedures for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight program. L scenarios. The Gaast week, the nation recovered a mock Gaganyaan crew module onto a ship’s well deck, which opens to the sea and can be flooded with water so that the module can be...
Fifty nations have now joined NASA’s effort to establish peaceful and cooperative international space exploration. On Wednesday (Dec. 11), Panama and Austria signed NASA’s Artemis Accords, becoming the 49th and 50th nations to commit to the responsible exploration of space for all...