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As African space race heats up, Senegal pursues homemade satellites
Sep 09, 2026 (AFP)
Senegalese engineers in hairnets and white gloves are carefully assembling a nanosatellite at a French lab -- another step towards fostering their own space ind...
As African space race heats up, Senegal pursues homemade satellites
Sep 09, 2026 (AFP)
As the Senegalese engineers assemble their satellite -- wearing hairnets and white gloves as they probe a miniature black box, small enough to be held with one ...
Germany's Isar Aerospace launches rocket into orbit from Norway
Sep 05, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's Isar Aerospace launched a rocket into orbit from Norway on Saturday as Europe races to boost its ability to economically send satellites into space in...
Germany's Isar Aerospace launches rocket into orbit from Norway
Sep 05, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's Isar Aerospace launched a rocket into orbit from Norway on Saturday as Europe races to boost its ability to economically send satellites into space in...
White House pressures US companies to ditch Paris space summit: report
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
The White House is pressuring American space companies, including billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX, to decline French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to a ...
SpaceX, Blue Origin ditch Paris space summit: ministry
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
SpaceX and its rival Blue Origin are among four US companies to have cancelled attendance at a Paris space summit next week, France's ministry for higher educat...
White House pressures US companies to ditch Paris space summit
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
The White House is pressuring American space companies, including billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX, to decline French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to a ...
Nepal floods should mobilise climate action: UN green fund chief
Sep 02, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal's flood disaster and Europe's wildfires should turn attention to the cost of climate change, the head of the world's biggest climate fund said in an inter...
NASA's Roman telescope set to launch on cosmic mapping mission
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
NASA is preparing to launch its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, embarking on a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and shed ...
NASA launches Roman telescope on cosmic mapping mission
Aug 30, 2026 (AFP)
NASA launched its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, embarking on a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and shed light on some ...
Ukraine and Russia seeking Starlink alternatives: Zelensky
Aug 23, 2026 (AFP)
Ukraine and Russia are both developing their own alternatives to Starlink, the satellite system used for battlefield communications whose access is ultimately c...
South Korea to send its first container ship through Arctic
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
South Korea plans its first trial voyage through the Arctic this week as Middle East conflict disrupts global shipping, Seoul's oceans ministry said Thursday, w...
Milky Way's fastest star discovered spinning around black hole
Aug 20, 2026 (AFP)
Astronomers have discovered the fastest star in the Milky Way zooming at 25,000 kilometres a second around the supermassive black hole at the centre of our gala...
NASA satellite rescue mission fails
Aug 19, 2026 (AFP)
A complicated mission to save a NASA satellite from burning up in the atmosphere has failed, the US space agency said Wednesday, as the rescue spacecraft could ...
ISS to host first spacewalk by Frenchwoman
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Sophie Adenot is set to become the first French female astronaut to venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Tuesday, accompanied by A...
ISS hosts first spacewalk by a Frenchwoman
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Sophie Adenot became the first French female astronaut to venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Tuesday, accompanied by American as...
NASA images reveal crater left by SpaceX rocket's Moon crash
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
NASA on Tuesday released new images of the crater caused by a SpaceX rocket slamming into the Moon earlier this month.
ISS hosts first spacewalk by a Frenchwoman
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Sophie Adenot became the first French female astronaut to venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) for a spacewalk on Tuesday, accompanied by Ameri...
ISS hosts first spacewalk by a Frenchwoman
Aug 18, 2026 (AFP)
Sophie Adenot became the first French female astronaut to venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Tuesday, accompanied by American as...
Hurricane Lala pulls away from Hawaii's Big Island
Aug 16, 2026 (AFP)
Hurricane Lala was pulling away from Hawaii's Big Island early Sunday, as heavy rain and strong winds struck the US Pacific state and officials warned of potent...
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