Dr Lee-Anne McKinnell: 30 December 1970 – 19 August 2023 Dr Lee-Anne McKinnell, Managing Director of the South African National Space Agency’s Space Science Programme and Sandbaai resident, passed away on Saturday 19 August 2023 after a short illness. Lee-Anne was born
It is appreciated that the attention garnered from a post regarding the intention of South Africa to train and send Astronauts to the International Space Station in a few years has created such interest and excitement amongst our citizens. The
[caption id="attachment_13397" align="alignleft" width="381"] SANSA has a new CEO, Mr Humbulani Mudau[/caption] SANSA is proud to welcome Mr Humbulani Mudau as the new Chief Executive Office at the Agency from 1 April 2023. This is a significant day as the Agency
[caption id="attachment_13408" align="alignleft" width="377"] Flooding in Mdantsane. (Photo via Thabiso N/@BraThabs1, Twitter)[/caption] The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, hails as successful the swift response by the Department of Science and Innovation's entities, the Council for Scientific
A severe geomagnetic storm caused by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun arrived late on Thursday 23 March and continues to impact the Earth and its technological systems today. The CME was ejected from the Sun on Monday 20
28 October 2022: The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in partnership with its strategic partner, South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) today launched a beta version of the Digital Earth South Africa data cube platform. SANSA is a
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has released Satellite Imagery following the Jagersfontein Dam flooding in the Free State on 11 September 2022. Early on Sunday morning, a dam in Jagersfontein in the Free State Province burst its walls
ANNOUNCEMENT: To Earth Observation Community ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE NEW DATES OF THE NEW EARTH OBSERVATION FRONTIERS (NEOFRONTIERS) LAUNCH AND INFORMATION SESSION. It is with great pleasure to announce the new dates for the NEOFrontiers launch and information session. The new date
The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) together with its international stakeholders have obtained the Earth Observation Satellite Imagery in the areas that are affected by floods in KwaZulu Natal and some parts of the Eastern Cape. The intelligence derived
[caption id="attachment_10983" align="alignleft" width="476"] Ms Andiswa Mlisa, Interim SANSA CEO[/caption] Following the resignation of Dr Val Munsami as CEO of SANSA for a remarkable tenure over the past five years, the Agency reins have now been handed confidently to the capable