China has launched the Shenzhou-16 mission of three astronauts to its space station, Tiangong. They blasted-off with a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, northwest China, on 30 May, 2023. The crew – Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu Read More …
The Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, flew again in Mars for the 72nd time on January 18, 2024. It however, lost contact with its Perseverance rover while still in that flight. It successfully made a flight to an altitude of 40 feet, Read More …
The second man to set foot on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin, has married his longtime love, Dr Anca Faur. The wedding took place in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, California, on his 93rd birthday on 20 January, 2023. He Read More …
On 7 March, 2024, armed men on motorcycles invaded the Local Government Education Authority School in Kuriga, Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, kidnapping 137 students in the secondary and primary school wings of the school , with a teacher. They shot Read More …
Efforts were made by the early astronomers to count the stars. These may have led to the preparation of the early catalogues and atlases of the stars. The first star catalogue, the Almagest, was compiled by the Egyptian astronomer, Claudius Read More …
Tukur Mohammed Lawal Funtua has been appointed Managing Director of the Nigeria Communications Satellite ltd. He replaces Dr Abimbola Alale who retired from service. Funtua is a Chemical Engineer from Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria. He also holds an MBA and Read More …
Astronauts and cosmonauts, cramped in small cabins and in micro-gravity in the International Space Station, celebrate Christmas as much as they can, sending live messages to families, loved ones and colleagues on Earth. They even manage a dinner without alcohol. Read More …
China’s astronauts in the Shenzhou-14 mission to their space station, Tianhe, have returned to Earth. The astronauts are: Chen Dong as Commander, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe. They touched down in the Gobi desert in northern China by 13:10 WAT Read More …
The spy satellite named Malligyong-1 was launched on a new carrier rocket, Chollima-1, on late 21 November, 2023, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency. The satellite, which is a first successful spy satellite by North Korea after two Read More …
The Shenzhou 17 crew of mission commander Tang Hongbo, 48, former fighter pilots Tang Shengjie, 34, and Jiang Xinlin, 35 were launched to Tiangong on 26 October, 2023. This is the youngest crew to Tiangong. They were launched atop a Long Read More …
