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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Nigerian space scientist Temidayo Oniosun about how the new African Space Agency could help make the continent more resilient to climate change and extreme weather.
The UK Space Agency is supporting several groundbreaking projects that use data from satellites to improve public services.
(Bloomberg) -- Africa has established the continent’s first space agency to boost Earth observation and data sharing at a time when a more hostile global context is limiting the availability of ...
Here, Kenya Space Agency (KSA) engineers Aloyce Were (L), Deche Bungule (C) and Andrew Nyawade hold the prototype of Taifa-1 satellite at the University of Nairobi in April 2023.
The Space Development Agency's first batch of satellites, dubbed Tranche 0, have demonstrated several key capabilities. (Northrop Grumman) Following a successful optical communications test this ...
Europe compares favourably with the US on the level of space science it delivers, and Esa has sometimes “gone boldly” where even Nasa has not. Now that Esa has turned 50 years old, it’s a good time to ...
York Space Systems and SpaceX, two companies building satellites for the Space Development Agency’s megaconstellation, recently demonstrated the ability to connect two of their on-orbit ...
Astrophysicist Carole Mundell, the European Space Agency's director of science, called Euclid a "dark detective." "We now understand about 5% of the universe," Mundell said.
The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) has been offline since it disconnected its systems from the Internet over the weekend to contain a breach of its IT infrastructure.
There is a lot riding on NASA's decision, as the Artemis II mission involves four astronauts and the space agency's first crewed mission into deep space in more than 50 years.
Africa has established the continent’s first space agency to boost Earth observation and data sharing at a time when a more hostile global context is limiting the availability of climate and ...