The mother of all solar storms, the most intense Space Weather event in recorded history, the Carrington event of 1 September 1859, was twice as big as any other solar storm in the last 500 years. The British amateur astronomer, Richard Carrington, after whom the...
Find out what events are taking place at SANSA. 5th AFRICAN SPACE GENERATION WORKSHOP will run in Stellenbosch from 26-27  November 2021 (https://spacegeneration.org/5th-af-sgw21-home ) International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and NewSpace Systems hosts the first...
Latest space science research from around the world. This month in space history 1 November 1923: American Robert H. Goddard successfully operated a liquid oxygen and gasoline rocket motor on a testing frame, both fuel components being supplied by pumps...
SANSA’s Human Capital Development (HCD) bursary programme has been put in place to allow for the professional development of staff or students by providing them with monetary assistance in the form of bursary funds. These funds are linked to areas in SANSA or...
SANSA Chief Scientist, Prof Michael Kosch, has been honoured for a 2020 published paper on early-warning systems for wildfires. The paper, which is entitled ‘Decision support for the selection of optimal tower site locations for early-warning wildfire detection...
