Tag: space
Major milestones in Chinese space exploration
China launched a spacecraft on Thursday carrying three astronauts to the main module of the country's space station, its first crewed mission in nearly...
China’s space race: Careless military whispers
The space debris generated by China’s Long March 5B re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere on 8 May 2021 is actually far from being the only...
Key opportunities exist for South Africa in the space sector
The South African space sector holds a number of opportunities for local companies, notably small satellite design, manufacture and launch and payload development.
This is...
ISS: Africa can’t stay out of the space race
Can Africa avoid getting sucked into the 21st-century contest, or should it also reach for the stars?
Space powers or aspirant space powers like India,...
New South African space industry body launched
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has launched a new industry body called ZASpace Inc to support and grow the South African space...
NATO aims to make space new frontier in defense
NATO aims to recognize space as a domain of warfare this year, four senior diplomats said, partly to show U.S. President Donald Trump that...
CSIR and SANSA join forces for space science industrial development
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the SA National Space Agency (SANSA) will work together fostering research and supporting...
Russia weighs possibility of deliberate act in space station damage
Russia's space agency said on Wednesday it hopes to announce the origin of a small hole found on a Russian module docked...
Russia says will not deploy arms in space first
Russia does not plan to put weapons in space first and considers this to be an important signal that Washington should not...
South Africa to increase focus on space
South Africa will increase its focus on the space industry, particularly with regard to sustainable development, and will look at re-establishing space...
UN Disarmament Commission debates arms race in outer space
Despite a deteriorating security situation there are signs of progress in the field of disarmament, including the intention of the Democratic People's...
China to develop space rockets to launch from planes
China will develop rockets that can be launched into space from aircraft, a senior official told the state-run China Daily newspaper, as...
Denel launches space engineering unit
Fuelled by South African rocket science and satellite technology Denel has launched Spaceteq as a newly-formed space engineering business unit.
This follows the...
SumbandilaSat beyond repair
South Africa's second satellite, SumbandilaSat, is no longer fulfilling its main purpose due to technical problems and is essentially beyond repair, its...
Expendable launch vehicle markets worth US$53 billion over next decade
The global expendable launch vehicles market will be worth US$53 billion between now and 2020 and will cover 693 launch vehicles, according...
Boeing to sign lease for U.S. space shuttle hangar
Boeing plans to build space taxis at a mothballed space shuttle processing hangar at Kennedy Space Center in central Florida, according to...
Pandor outlines steps to enhance South Africa’s investment in astronomy
South Africa needs a national astronomy agency, whose main function would be to bring all astronomy activities under a single umbrella body....
Pandor outlines South Africa’s space objectives
South wishes to capture a share of the global market for small to medium-sized space systems.
Speaking at the International Astronautical Congress, in...
Marcom developing South African rocket engine
Marcom Aeronautics & Space is developing a rocket engine in support of its Cheetah-1 satellite launch vehicle, a two stage expendable launch...
Origin of dinosaur-killing asteroid remains a mystery
Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission indicate the family of asteroids some believed was responsible for the demise of...
NASA’s Kepler mission discovers a world orbiting two stars
The existence of a world with a double sunset, as portrayed in the film Star Wars more than 30 years ago, is...
NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity begins study of Martian crater
The initial work of NASA's Mars rover Opportunity at its new location on Mars shows differences in the Martian surface unlike anything...
ESO finds a star that should not exist
A team of European astronomers has used ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) to track down a star in the Milky Way that...
Space junk at dangerous ‘tipping point’: study
Clouds of space junk orbiting the Earth have reached a dangerous "tipping point", threatening to smash satellites and endanger astronauts, US scientists...
Russia delays manned spaceflights after crash
Three crewmembers aboard the International Space Station will remain in orbit for more than two weeks longer than planned while Russia investigates...
NASA’S WISE mission discovers coolest star type
Scientists using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the coldest class of star-like bodies, with temperatures as cool...
Space storm tracked from Sun to Earth
For the first time, a spacecraft far from Earth has turned and watched a solar storm engulf our planet. The imagery has...
VISTA infrared telescope finds 96 star clusters previously hidden behind dust
Using data from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at the European Space Agency's (ESO's) Paranal Observatory, an international team of astronomers has...
Astronomers find largest, most distant reservoir of water
Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. The water, equivalent to...
Cabinet names Space Agency board
Cabinet has announced the inaugural board of the South African National Space Agency (SANSA). They will serve with effect June 1 2010...
SA wants to be regional space hub
Science & Technology minister Naledi Pandor says South Africa has ambitions to be a regional satellite launch hub and will re-activate...
State to acquire majority stake in SunSpace
Cabinet has "approved in principle" that the government acquire an equity share of between 55 and 60% in Sun Space & Information...
Global space market to grow
Despite the global financial crisis, revenue-generating opportunities across the entire space value chain are expected to increase over the medium to long...
