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PRIMARY school pupils had a space and science themed week to spread the word about reducing plastic and doing their bit for the environment. They teamed up with the Cornish Waste Company and hosted NASAs Paul Brundage and Learning By Questions (LBQ) ambassador ad author Kate Brindle, who read stories ahout space to the children. Ambassadors from various fields also attended and taught the children how to make space games, including how to manufacture rockets, spacesuits, and solar systems...

There isn’t any oxygen in space, and yet one Israeli startup has found a way around that problem, developing a technology that can produce oxygen from lunar soil. The project, Helios, was recently granted funding from the Israeli Space Agency and the Ministry of Energy to develop a system that will be launched in two space missions over the next three years.  Helios technology will produce oxygen from the lunar surface through a soil-fed reactor in addition to other various metals. The proc...

Simulated lunar sand melted at 1600 degrees celsius by Helium to develop oxygen (Courtesy) An Israeli startup, Helios, says it has developed technology that can produce oxygen needed for fuel from the lunar soil. This will make multiple and long-term missions to the moon economically viable, as it will allow moon colonies to “live off the land” instead of having to carry all of their fuel and other resources from Earth. The initiative has been awarded funding from the Israeli Space Agency a...

Background In 2013, the African Union adopted the Africa Agenda 2063 as the main compass to guide its strategic focus for the following 50 years. The African scientific community has developed Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA-2024) as the scientific implementation leg of the Agenda 2063. Both the Agenda 2063 underscore the critical role of space in addressing development challenges, and hence identified an African Outer Space programme as one of the flagships. This...

0 April 8, 2021 12:12 by Matthew Bird Christina Giallombardo Looking up at the night sky with the naked eye and seeing nothing but darkness and a few stars, it’s hard to imagine the sheer volume of space debris (also known as space junk) orbiting the Earth. The space junkyard gives us a glimpse back in time. The orbiting debris is a disarray of past missions to space, including 1950 discarded rocket stages and defected satellites, as well as a plethora of shrapn...

The UAE marked the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Thursday at a perfect time — just days after its Hope Probe reached Mars, a historical achievement made possible by a woman-led team.

Project seeks to address some of the greatest challenges facing humanity Published:  February 03, 2021 20:13 WAM The Substainable Pavillion at The Dubai Expo Site. Image Credit: Antonin Kélian Kallouche/Gulf News Dubai: Expo 2020 Dubai has launched Health and Wellness Week, the latest in a series of thematic weeks that seek to address some of the greatest challenges facing humanity and explore solutions that benefit us all. Held...

Space in Africa African Union Commission is Organizing the Inaugural Africa Space Week The first African Space Week would bring together all the stakeholders in the African space industry for five days to consolidate African outer space efforts. African Union Commission (AUC), the secretariat of the African Union, in partnership with some partners is pleased to announce that the first African Space Week will be taking place this year in Nairobi, Kenya. The event will bring together all the Afr...

12 December 2020 Author: Hadrien T Saperstein, Asia Centre, Paris Since the 2014 military coup in Thailand, the Royal Thai Armed Forces has ‘advanced by leaps and bounds’ in its defence cooperation with China through tri-service bilateral exercises and military-naval procurements. This characterisation also applies beyond defence. In the private sector, Advanced Info Service has been accepting bids on 5G development from two Chinese companies — ZTE and Huawei — and Chinese investment pr...