Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
Although it covers just 1 percent of Earth’s land surfaces, Indonesia’s rainforest is believed to shelter 10 percent of the world’s known plant species, 12 percent of mammal species and 17 percent of bird species. Spread across...
Monday, February 22nd, 2021
PSLV-C51, the 53rd mission of ISRO’s PSLV, will launch Amazonia-1 of Brazil as the primary satellite with 18 co-passenger satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 28, 2021,...
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
GfK released a new and completely overhauled digital map edition for all of Asia. The edition features coverage of 49 countries, ranging from the three BRICS nations Russia, India and China to smaller countries such as Bahrain...
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
Led by the SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), the AUD$6.5 million SASAT1 Space Services Mission was announced in Adelaide, South Australia. Based at Lot Fourteen, which is also home to the Australian Space Agency, the SmartSat Cooperative...
Tuesday, January 12th, 2021
In an online event organised on Jan. 11, 2021, Department of Space and Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog announced that ISRO will be adopting 100 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) across the country, out of which 45 ATLs...
Monday, December 7th, 2020
For decades, NASA has used the vantage point of space, combined with airborne and ground-based field campaigns, to decipher the impact of air pollution and help other agencies protect people when unhealthy air threatens the places they...
Monday, November 23rd, 2020
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa2 sample-return capsule, which may lead to answers to the origin of life on Earth, will land in Woomera, South Australia, on Dec. 6, 2020. The capsule contains samples collected from primordial...
Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and European Space Agency (ESA) measured the trajectory of the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, known as “Mio,” and the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) following the Venus flyby on Oct. 15, 2020. The...
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Designed and developed in Adelaide, South Australia, Silentium’s MAVERICK S-series is the first commercial-scale passive radar system for surveillance of space and will provide persistent detection and tracking of objects in low-earth orbit to support space traffic...
Monday, October 12th, 2020
William Dampier was not a typical pirate. Between pillages, the curious English sailor took detailed notes about local wildlife and even collected plants—some of which are still preserved today—on his voyages around the world. His travel logs...
