Ghana Space News

Egypt and China Strengthen Space Alliance with MisrSat-2 Protocol Signing.

Today, the Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA) announced a significant milestone in their space exploration collaboration with China: the signing of a protocol governing the operation of the MisrSat-2. This move underscores their joint commitment to advancing space technology for peaceful purposes. The...

Russia Suffers Another Space Setback As Soyuz Aborted At Last Minute.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft meant to carry three astronauts to the International Space Station went through a rare abort on the launchpad just 21 seconds before it was supposed to launch. Yuri Borisov, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, later put out a statement saying the launch was...

SpaceX Launches Its 30th Dragon Cargo Mission To The ISS.

SpaceX launched its 30th cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA this afternoon (March 21), carrying 3 tons of supplies and scientific hardware to the orbiting lab. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying an uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft lifted off today at 4:55 p.m. EDT (2055 GMT)...

Rocket Lab Launches Mysterious Spy Satellites In 4th-Ever US Liftoff.

Rocket Lab launched from the U.S. for the fourth time ever on Thursday morning (March 21), sending mystery payloads aloft for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The NROL-123 mission — or “Live and Let Fly,” as Rocket Lab called it — lifted off from the company’s Launch...

ISU, In Collaboration With ASPACE and SGAC, Launches A Full Tuition Scholarship.

The International Space University (ISU), in collaboration with ASPACE Satellite Technology Limited (ASPACE) and Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), has announced a fully funded tuition scholarship for the academic year 2025 to support ISU’s efforts to be inclusive in its student...

Astronomers Find the Most Massive Supercluster to Date.

The Earth’s place in space is a fairly familiar one with it orbiting an average star. The star – our Sun – orbits the centre of our Galaxy the Milky Way. From here onwards, the story is less well known. The Milky Way is part of a large structure called the Laniakea Supercluster which is …...

Russian Soyuz Rocket Launch 3 Spaceflyers To The ISS On March 21.

A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch three people, including one NASA astronaut, toward the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday morning (March 21), and you can watch the action live. The rocket is scheduled to launch the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on...

Doomed Egg-Shaped Exoplanet Is Death-Spiraling Into Its Star.

Astronomers have discovered that a distant, scorching hot planet twice the size of Jupiter is on a death-spiral trajectory that will send it careening into its parent star. A crash is expected to happen relatively soon, cosmically speaking. Researchers have predicted for some time that this planet...

SpaceX’s Evening Starlink Launch Wows West Coast Skywatchers .

A SpaceX Starlink launch lit up skies across the U.S. West Coast on Monday evening (March 18), leaving a dazzling trail seen for hundreds of miles. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California’s central coast Monday at 10:28 p.m. EDT (7:28 p.m. local time;...