On 6 May, 2022 by 05:42 ET, SpaceX launched 53 Starlink broadband internet satellites from the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, using the Falcon 9 rocket. The launch lit-up the early morning sky over the launch site. Sunlight reflecting off the Read More …
Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi made history on 28 April, 2023 as he stepped outside the International Space Station with NASA’s Stephen Bowen to do a six-and-half hour spacewalk. He goes down in history as the first Arab astronaut ever Read More …
Astronaut Michael Collins, the pilot of the Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia, has died. He died of cancer on 28 April, 2021. He was 90 years old. Apollo 11 was the first manned flight to land on the Moon on Read More …
The Axiom Mission 1, Ax-1, has returned to Earth from the International Space Station. The capsule carrying the crew splashed down off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, 18:06 WAT on 25 April, 2022. Unfavourable weather in the splashdown coast of Read More …
Kenya’s first Earth Observation satellite, Taifa -1 (one Nation in Swahili), was launched with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 15 April, 2023. A microsatellite with multiplespectral imagers, Taifa -1 was among Read More …
Happy International Day of Human Spaceflight! The day, 12 April of every year was recognised by the UN General Assembly in 2011 as International Day of Human Spaceflight to mark 50 years of Yuri Gagarin’s first manned spaceflight. Russian Read More …
Professor Bosede Afolabi, FRCOG, FWACS, has won the Bill and Melinda Gates grant of $2,518,474 (N880,465,900). The grant is to support her work on sickle cell pregnancy and maternal and foetal health. Bosede Afolabi is a Professor of Obstetrics and Read More …
Nigeria plans to launch two more military satellites. This was disclosed by the Chief of Defence Space Administration, Air Vice Marshal Ayoola Jolasinmi, when he visited the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi, on 31 March, 2023. The Ground Read More …
SpaceX Dragon capsule, Endurance, with Crew-5 members returned to Earth 03:02 WAT on 12 March, 2023 after 157 days in the ISS. The mission has NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann as well as Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina and Read More …
The United Arab Emirates has picked 27-year-old Nora Al Matrooshi, who is now poised to become the country’s and Arab world’s first female astronaut. She was selected with Mohammed Al Mulla from 4,305 applicants; 1,400 of whom are female. They Read More …
