Giant Radio telescope may go to Australia or africa October 2nd, 2006
Australia and Southern Africa have been short-listed as the countries to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a giant next-generation radio telescope being developed by scientists in 17 countries. http://www.universetoday.com/2006/10/02/giant-radio-telescope-may-go-to-australia-or-africa/?730
Mars Doubles in Brightness - The red planet, already intense, is about to get much brighter.
Mars Doubles in Brightness - The red planet, already intense, is about to get much brighter. Step outside tonight around midnight and look east. About halfway up the sky you'll see the planet Mars. It looks like an intense red star, the brightest light in the midnight sky other than the Moon. Here's the amazing part: Between now and the end of October, Mars, already so bright, will double in brightness again.
Mars Doubles in Brightness - The red planet, already intense, is about to get much brighter. Step outside tonight around midnight and look east. About halfway up the sky you'll see the planet Mars. It looks like an intense red star, the brightest light in the midnight sky other than the Moon. Here's the amazing part: Between now and the end of October, Mars, already so bright, will double in brightness again.
'Space flight' for Nigerian girl. Wednesday, 20 September 2006
A 17-year-old schoolgirl is to become the first Nigerian to experience a "space flight" when she takes off from the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday.
Nigeria enters space age. Saturday, 27 September, 2003
Nigeria's long-awaited first satellite has been successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.
SA millionaire to be space tourist. Thursday, 6 December, 2001
A South African internet millionaire is set to become the second paying space tourist. The Russian space agency announced on Wednesday that it would fly Mark Shuttleworth, 27, to the International Space Station (ISS) next April.
Groundbreaking For Southern African Large Telescope Monday, September 4, 2000
September is celebrated as Spring Day in South Africa - but the day took on even more special significance in South Africa this year when thousands of people gathered in the small town of Sutherland in the Karoo to celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony for the building of a large new telescope just outside the town. The telescope will be known as SALT - the Southern African Large Telescope. http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=2519