September 14, 2021

Daleen Fouche

Space Weather News: From minuscule to Mammoth in 24 hours

Sunspot group AR2866 is currently in a geo-effective location on the solar disk and has doubled in size in 24 hours from 6 to 7 September. When it came into view on the limb of the Sun on 5

August 25, 2021

Daleen Fouche

What’s happening at SANSA

Find out what events are taking place at SANSA. Planning is underway for SANSA and Industry participation at IAC 2021 (https://www.iafastro.org/events/iac/iac-2021/ ) A Women’s Day Webinar will feature the phenomenal young women in STEM. The date will be

August 25, 2021

Daleen Fouche

Trending in space – August 2021

Latest space science research from around the world. This month in space history 6 August 1181: a supernova was observed by Chinese and Japanese astronomers 28 August 1789: Sir William Herschel discovered Saturn's moon Enceladus. Enceladus is

March 29, 2021

Vaneshree Maharaj

What’s Trending at SANSA?

UKZN students rocket through Africa record The AeroSpace Systems Research Group from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) launched their Phoenix-1B Mk II rocket, reaching a height of 18 km above Overberg. The team of engineering students aimed for

March 29, 2021

Vaneshree Maharaj

Dr Steward Bernard anchors himself to bright future at SANSA

As a boy, Dr. Stewart Bernard, would look upon the crystal waters of Lake Malawi, observing the myriad colours created by the many forms of life that called it home. It was the very beginning of his

March 29, 2021

Vaneshree Maharaj

Groundbreaking ceremony for Space Weather Centre

SANSA broke ground at the site of the new 24-hour Regional Space Weather Centre during the official sod-turning ceremony in Hermanus on 9 March 2021. Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Blade Nzimande, attended the

March 29, 2021

Vaneshree Maharaj

NEOFrontiers is the new frontier for local earth observation

NEOFrontiers or New Earth Observations Frontiers is a funding programme for developing new South African earth observation (EO) capabilities. It is an effort by SANSA and National Research Foundation (NRF) to grow public and private EO sectors

March 29, 2021

Vaneshree Maharaj

SANSA taking notes on NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover

NASA, the US-based space agency successfully landed the Perseverance Rover on 18 February 2021 as part of the Mars 2020 mission. This is NASA’s fourth rover mission to the red planet and it is the first to

March 29, 2021

Vaneshree Maharaj

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

March 29, 2021

Vaneshree Maharaj

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

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