The Handshake That Left Millions of Kenyans Confused
In our series of letters from African journalists, Joseph Warungu reflects on the plight of supporters of Kenyan opposition leader ...
Tag: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Three-Man Crew Reaches International Space Station
A three-man space crew from Italy, Russia and the United States on Friday arrived at the International Space Station for ...
Solar Eclipse Offers Millions A Chance At Citizen Science
Millions of people, from students to rocket scientists, are poised to contribute to a massive scientific effort to study the ...
Google Maps Adds the International Space Station
The International Space Station has become the first “off planet” addition to Google Maps’ Street View facility. Astronauts helped capture ...
Neil Armstrong Moon Bag Sells For $1.8mn In New York
A bag Neil Armstrong used to collect the first ever samples of the moon -- which was once nearly thrown ...
Kenya Court Overturns Ruling On Presidential Ballot Contract
Kenya's appeals court on Thursday quashed a ruling cancelling a contract to print presidential ballot papers, a victory for the ...
Elon Musk Says Successful Maiden Flight For Falcon Heavy Unlikely
SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk has downplayed the chances of a successful inaugural flight for his Falcon Heavy space ...
Maths ‘genius’ Maryam Mirzakhani Dies, Aged 40
Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian-born mathematician who was the first woman to win the coveted Fields Medal, has died in a ...
Neil Armstrong Moon Bag On Sale For Up To $4 Million
Once nearly thrown out with the trash, a bag that Neil Armstrong used to collect the first ever samples of ...
NASA Releases New Images of Raging Storm On Jupiter
NASA on Wednesday released a series of stunning images of a raging storm on Jupiter, known as the Great Red ...
Trillion-Tonne Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica
An iceberg the size of Delaware, one of the largest on record, was set adrift after snapping off a West ...
NASA Probe Successfully Peers Into Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
A NASA spacecraft, Juno, has successfully peered into the giant storm raging on Jupiter, known as the Great Red Spot, ...
Meet the Brains Behind the Epic Innovation
Ghana has become the first Sub-Saharan African country to send a satellite into orbit around the earth. The satellite, named Ghanasat-1, ...
Trump Offers Bold Space Goals But Fills In Few Details
The White House has championed a new era of US leadership in space, but its aspirations are complicated by tight ...
Akufo-Addo Congratulates All Nations University For Satellite Launch
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated All Nations University Space Laboratory team for putting Ghana into the Global Space ...
Pence Ignores ‘do Not Touch’ Sign At NASA
Vice President Mike Pence became the butt of the joke on Thursday, when he was pictured flouting a 'do not ...
Pence Vows To Send Astronauts To Mars and Launch A Return To the Moon
Vice President Mike Pence vowed Thursday to usher in a 'new era' of American leadership in space, with a return ...
Pence Vows ‘new Era’ In US Space Exploration, But Few Details
US Vice President Mike Pence vowed Thursday to usher in a "new era" of American leadership in space, with a ...
Japan Reveals Plans To Put A Man On Moon By 2030
Japan has revealed ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the Moon around 2030 in new proposals from the country's ...
Rare US Total Solar Eclipse Excites Americans Coast-To-Coast
For the first time in almost a century the United States is preparing for a coast-to-coast solar eclipse, a rare ...