In September, 2023, Mexico presented two bodies of ‘aliens’ sparking fresh debates globally, about the existence of extra-terrestrial intelligence among us. The specimens were dated 700 and 1,800 years and were about 60 cm tall. They had three fingers on Read More …
For the first time, an appreciable sample of rocks and dust from an asteroid, has been retrieved and brought back to Earth. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx capsule, carrying about 250 grams of sample from asteroid, Bennu, landed in the Utah desert, USA, on Read More …
NASA and Roscosmos signed an agreement to integrate their missions to the ISS on 15 July, 2022. This means that at least one cosmonaut will join a NASA mission to the ISS and at least one NASA astronaut will be Read More …
Roscosmos has displayed a sample of its planned space station, Ross. On 15 August, 2022 it said the station will be launched in two phases, without giving date. When completed, it can take four cosmonauts. The Director-general of Russia’s space Read More …
Blue Origin’s sixth crewed spaceflight, NS-22, had the first Egyptian, Sarah Sabry, and the first Portuguese, Mario Ferreira, in space on 4 August, 2022. Sarah Sabry is a mechanical/biomedical engineer and speaks English, French and Arabic. There is controversy about Read More …
Inspiration4 amateur astronauts make history A four-crew mission of amateur space enthusiasts, named Inspiration4, has returned to Earth after three days in space. They splashed down safely into the Atlantic Ocean on 18 September, 2021 and were picked up by Read More …
The technical bids for the building and launch of a High Throughput (communications) Satellite, HTS, for Nigerian Communications Satellite ltd, (NigComSat ltd,) Nigeria, have been opened. The opening of the technical bids is part of the procurement process which NigComSat Read More …
The UN General Assembly declared 20 July as International Moon Day in its resolution 76/76 on “International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space” in 2021. Apollo 11’s lunar module, Eagle, landed on the Moon on 20 July, 1969. Read More …
World’s richest person, Jeff Bezos, made space history on 20 July, 2021, 14:30 WAT, as the richest billionaire astronaut ever. The history was made together with 82-year-old Wally Funk as the oldest and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen as the youngest person Read More …
Dmitry Rogozin has been removed as head of Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos. President Vladimir Putin appointed Yuri Borisov, who previously served as Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, as new Director General of Roscosmos. The Trade Minister, Denis Manturov, replaces Borisov as Read More …
