Ghana Space News

Total Solar Eclipse 2024 Thrills Millions Across North America.

The moon turned daytime skies dark as it swept across North America in a total solar eclipse Monday (April 8), thrilling tens of millions of skywatchers who had their eyes glued to the skies. All of North America and Central America experienced a partial solar eclipse, but only those located within...

White House Directs NASA To Create A New Time Zone For The Moon.

The White House has tasked NASA with creating a new time zone for the moon by the end of 2026, as part of the United States’ broader goal to establish international norms in space. The direction to set up a lunar time zone comes amid growing global interest for humanity to establish a...

SpaceX Rocket Launches 11 Satellites, Including One For South Korea, On Bandwagon-1 Rideshare Flight .

SpaceX launched 11 satellites on its first-ever Bandwagon-1 class rideshare mission from Florida tonight (April 7) and aced an evening rocket landing just minutes later. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) tonight at 7:16 p.m. EDT (2316 GMT), kicking off the...

April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Everything You Need To Know.

Today (April 8), a total solar eclipse will plunge parts of 15 U.S. states into sudden darkness as the moon’s enormous shadow sweeps across the continent. Crossing northeast from Mexico to Canada over the course of several hours, the April 8 total solar eclipse will be visible to an estimated...

MSTelecom and GGPEN Sign MoU to Enhance Broadband Connectivity in Angola.

MSTelecom, a leading telecommunications service provider in Angola, and the Angola National Space Programme Management Office (GGPEN) have signed a significant Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on delivering high-speed broadband connectivity across Angola. Dr Zolana Joao, General...

Soyuz Capsule With Crew Of 3, Including 1st Female Astronaut From Belarus, Lands Safely To End ISS Mission.

The first female Belarusian in space, alongside a NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut, came back to Earth early this morning (April 6). A Rusian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of...

This Hellish Exoplanet’s Skies Rain Iron And Create A Rainbow-Like Effect.

There are many words that could be used to describe WASP-76b — hellish, scorching, turbulent, chaotic, and even violent. This is a planet outside the solar system that sits so close to its star it gets hot enough to vaporize lead. So, as you can imagine, until now, “glorious”...

Excerpts from the 2024 NewSpace Africa Conference: Day Three.

The third day of the 2024 NewSpace Africa Conference built on the success of the previous days to continue high-level discussions highlighting the experiences and uptake of space innovation, technologies, and applications among different stakeholders. Status Updates on African Space Agencies’...

NASA Will Launch Rockets Into The Total Solar Eclipse On April 8.

In October 2023, a trio of sounding rockets traveled more than 200 miles (322 kilometers) into the ionosphere before returning safely back to the Earth‘s surface. Now, they’re getting ready for their second flight. NASA’s Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission...