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Why undergraduates need to think space – Foundation
Learnspace Foundation, an NGO, on Thursday, encouraged students to develop interest in space, saying that it appears abstract but has diverse opportunities. Dr Anne Agi, President of the foundation, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that everything about human existence revolved around space science technology. “Most people think that space is abstract and it doesn’t…
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IHS Towers Partners with Limitless Space Institute to Inspire Space Exploration and Education in Brazil and Nigeria
LONDON & NEW YORK — IHS Holding Limited (NYSE: IHS) (“IHS Towers”), one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count, has today announced a one-year partnership with the Limitless Space Institute (LSI), a non-profit education and research organization. This partnership will commence in January 2024 and is designed to…
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Asia
China to announce name of its first Mars rover
China will announce the name of its first Mars rover on the Space Day of China, which falls on April 24, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Nanjing, capital city of east China’s Jiangsu Province, will host the main events marking this year’s Space Day of China, Lyu Bo, a CNSA official, told a press conference on Monday.…
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Africa
Ethiopia launches first-ever satellite into space, china helps
Ethiopia launched its first satellite into space on Friday, as more sub-Saharan African nations strive to develop space programmes to advance their development goals and encourage scientific innovation. Before dawn on Friday, senior officials and citizens gathered at the Entoto Observatory and Research Centre, just north of the capital Addis Ababa, to watch a live broadcast of the satellite’s launch…
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News
2 Russians, 1 American return from 6 months on space station
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and an American landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday, ending the astronauts’ nearly six months aboard the International Space Station. The capsule carried Russians Alexander Samokutayev and Elena Serova and NASA’s Barry Wilmore. They blasted off for the space station on Sept. 26. The capsule landed upright in heavy fog southeast of the town of…
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Technology
China’s Jade Rabbit lunar rover ‘declared dead’
China’s first lunar rover has been declared dead on the surface of the Moon, reports in state media say. The robot “could not be restored to full function on Monday as expected”, the China News Service said. The Jade Rabbit, or Yutu in Chinese, suffered a serious mechanical problem in January and “has been unable to function since then”, the…
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