Here’s to the next decade of reaching for the moon!

Here’s to the next decade of reaching for the moon!

      Every space-faring mission needs a stable launchpad and support infrastructure upon which a high-powered rocket can take off. After spending the last decade building this infrastructure, the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is finally ready to blast...
All systems go for SpaceOps 2021 conference

All systems go for SpaceOps 2021 conference

      Who will be first to land on Mars – NASA or SpaceX? And how do we keep track of the thousands of objects being launched into orbit by companies all over the world? These are some of the questions that participants of the SpaceOps2021 conference will try to...
Sprite height measured over Africa for the first time

Sprite height measured over Africa for the first time

      In 2016, sprites were observed over southern Africa for the very first time, but researchers did not know how high they occur. SANSA researcher and PhD student, Dakalo Mashao, has just published the answer in the South African Journal of Science (SAJS). Sprites...
SANSA appoints first research chair

SANSA appoints first research chair

   Solar physicist, Dr Martin Snow, will take up his position as SANSA’s very first SARCHI Research Chair at the Space Weather Centre in Hermanus on 1 April 2021. “This appointment is a fundamental milestone in the development of an operational space weather...
What’s trending at SANSA?

What’s trending at SANSA?

  SpaceOps 2021 will be virtual and free SpaceOps 2020 could not be hosted in 2020 and has transformed to SpaceOps2021 – Virtual Edition and will be hosted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic SpaceOps 2021 Virtual Edition will allow more industry players and delegates...