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U.S. tracking China rocket debris: White House This content was published on May 5, 2021 - 18:55 May 5, 2021 - 18:55 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Space Command is tracking debris from a Chinese rocket that sent part of a planned space station into orbit last week, the White House said on Wednesday. "The United States is committed to addressing the risks of growing congestion due to space debris and growing activity in space and we want to work with the international community to promote lead...

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28 Apr 2021   |   News Parliament finalises €15B EU unified space programme All EU space activities now in a single orbit, in hopes of making Europe a global leader in space Parliament’s rapporteur for the Space programme, Massimiliano Salini. Photo: European Parliament The European Parliament has finalised a new €14.8 billion (in current prices) seven-year EU space programme, which will for the first time bring together all EU space activities under one roof. Running the space progra...

Met dank overgenomen van Europese Commissie (EC), gepubliceerd op woensdag 28 april 2021. Today, the Commission welcomes the adoption of Space Regulation by the co-legislators, confirming the political agreement on the Space Regulation reached in December 2020. The Space Programme, with the largest budget ever for Space, €14.88 billion, encompasses all EU space activities in one single Space Programme Regulation. The Space Programme will ensure the continuity and evolution of the three existi...

China eyes asteroid defence system, comet mission This content was published on April 24, 2021 - 14:40 April 24, 2021 - 14:40 BEIJING (Reuters) -China will hold discussions on building a defence system against near-Earth asteroids, a senior space agency official said on Saturday, as the country steps up its longer term space ambitions. Zhang Kejian, head of the China National Space Administration, did not provide further detail in his opening remarks at a ceremony for Chinas space day in the ea...

HARARE, (CAJ News) – RUSSIA has pledged to contribute to the development of the Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA). The pledge, in line with the cordial relations between the two countries, coincides with commemorations of the first human to journey into outer space. Yury Gagarin, the Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, achieved the milestone on April 12, 1961. The flight lasted for 108 minutes. Since 2011 on Russia’s initiative, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution h...

Vladimir Putin told his government to do more to maintain Moscows position in space (File) Moscow: President Vladimir Putin called on Monday for Russia to remain a great power in space, as the country celebrated the 60th anniversary of the legendary flight that made Yuri Gagarin the first person in orbit. Russias space industry has struggled in recent years and been hit by a series of mishaps, but the sending of the first human into space on April 12, 1961 remains a major source of national pr...

Emirati national Nora al-Matrooshi, a 27-year-old mechanical engineering graduate currently working at Abu Dhabis National Petroleum Construction Company, will join NASAs 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class in the United States.

Liberia: 7 CSOs Receive 12 Laptops from TechSoup and WACSI Liberia: 7 CSOs Receive 12 Laptops from TechSoup and WACSI Share MONROVIA — Seven civil society organisations (CSOs) in Liberia received twelve brand new Lenovo laptops on Thursday March 25, 2021 from the Executive Director of NAYMOTE – Partners for Democratic Development, Eddie Jarwolo. “This is intended to enhance their [CSOs] capabilities to effectively and efficiently deliver quality services”, Jarwolo shared during the hand...

The two countries will create research facilities on the surface and/or in the moon's orbit.