05 February 2018
Launch fever grips Florida as SpaceX prepares for game-changer mission
You know that there is something special coming up when you walk over to the customs and immigration officer after arriving at Florida’s Orlando airport and in reply to his question ‘you what you are coming to do here the US?’ you reply: “I'm here ...
29 March 2018
China's Tiangong-1 space lab is destined for Earth, soon!
.... Its successor – Tiangong-2 – is already in orbit and has been home to two astronauts for 30 days as part of its inaugural mission. Both are being used as testbeds for China’s eventual manned station that it hopes to have in orbit...
07 May 2018
Smallest rocket by Jaxa sets a Guiness World record
... ever performed. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency will no doubt be delighted with the launch as last year’s inaugural test flight of the SS-520-5 crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The launch wasn’t just about making...
16 July 2018
Science begins with South Africa's super radio telescope
With a stunning image of the galactic centre to mark its inauguration, South Africa’s Deputy President Mr David Mabuza unveiled MeerKAT, a set of 64 telescopes that has already joined the ...
15 October 2018
SETI partners with MeerKAT to search for alien life
... faster than ever before." Built and operated by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), and inaugurated only this year in July, MeerKAT is a powerful array of 64 interlinked radio antennas currently being built some 90 kilometres...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
...to passively deorbit inactive, small satellites using atmospheric drag. The Electron orbital launch vehicle had its inaugural test flight in May 2017, followed by an equally successful demonstration mission entitled “Still Testing” in January of this...
