Space SZN

Your portal to the stars

[Space SZN @spaceSZNpod]

The stargazing event at the University of Nairobi went smoothly but just moments after we brought out the telescopes, a thick cloud appeared out of nowhere and covered the Moon. Still, we managed to catch a brief glimpse of it earlier in the night—and it was absolutely stunning.

[JKUAT_SES @jkuatses]

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[Bram | Astronomy🇰🇪 @astro_bram]

Yesterday, I was Stargazing with some Tourists and one of them , out of nowhere; mentioned that they're friends with the 2011 Nobel Prize winner in Astronomy ; Prof Saul Perlmutter...who won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe🤯..

boy....I was mind-blown

[Bram | Astronomy🇰🇪 @astro_bram]

Everyone deserves to see a rocket launch at least once in their lifetime.
It’s a magical experience.

I would never miss even a single launch when Kenyan revives it's Malindi launch capabilities, I swear.

#starship

[Space SZN @spaceSZNpod]

@m32__astro Lol

[African Science Stars @AfriScienceStar]

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[Bram | Astronomy🇰🇪 @astro_bram]

call me mad but gotta say have a dream: by 2036, I envision a massive rocket launched off the coast of Malindi, Kenya.

[Bram | Astronomy🇰🇪 @astro_bram]

I dedicated this page to highlighting the advancement of space exploration and the growth of the space sector in Kenya and across Africa.

[Githigi Ndegwa 🌍🇰🇪 @GithigiNdegwa]

@spaceSZNpod Equatorial launches saves fuel costs by 20%

[Space SZN @spaceSZNpod]

I have a dream: by 2032, I this envision a massive booster being caught by Mechazilla’s giant arms off the coast of Malindi, Kenya.

[Space SZN @spaceSZNpod]

Everyone deserves to see a solar eclipse at least once in their lifetime. It’s a magical experience.

[Space SZN @spaceSZNpod]

@TheMarkkuria @benblainex To revive the coastal launchpad for rocketry.

[Space SZN @spaceSZNpod]

There was a successful orbital launch from Kenya in 1967..

Kenya went on to host 9 successful orbital space launches between 1967 and 1975, making it the premier equatorial launch site during the early space race.

[Space SZN @spaceSZNpod]

@Austoto_ochibo What an achievement!!

[Space SZN @spaceSZNpod]

STARSHIP IS ORBITAL

[Brown_Boot254🇰🇪🇨🇰 @rophchilumo]

@spaceSZNpod Project Uhuru still on. Project Uhuru is still going strong. San Marco Broglio remains Africa’s top launch pad, and Kenya leads East Africa in space capabilities.

[Space SZN @spaceSZNpod]

!!!!

[Bram | Astronomy🇰🇪 @astro_bram]

It still baffles me how few Kenyans and Africans know that Kenya played a remarkable role in the history of space science & exploration.

From the San Marco launch platform off the coast of Malindi, Kenya, the Uhuru satellite was launched on 12 December 1970; the first satellite dedicated entirely to X-ray astronomy.

Uhuru surveyed the sky and detected hundreds of X-ray sources, including Cygnus X-1, whose observations provided crucial evidence for what became the first widely accepted black-hole discovery.

A spacecraft launched from Kenyan soil helped open a new window onto the Universe and contributed to one of the most profound discoveries in modern astrophysics….

Let’s strive to go for the stars ,

[Bram | Astronomy🇰🇪 @astro_bram]

It still baffles me how few Kenyans and Africans know that Kenya played a remarkable role in the history of space science & exploration.

From the San Marco launch platform off the coast of Malindi, Kenya, the Uhuru satellite was launched on 12 December 1970; the first satellite dedicated entirely to X-ray astronomy.

Uhuru surveyed the sky and detected hundreds of X-ray sources, including Cygnus X-1, whose observations provided crucial evidence for what became the first widely accepted black-hole discovery.

A spacecraft launched from Kenyan soil helped open a new window onto the Universe and contributed to one of the most profound discoveries in modern astrophysics….

Let’s strive to go for the stars ,

[Space SZN @spaceSZNpod]

@vinwambua The urge is insatiable

[Super Duper Evans @njugunaevans171]

Equatorial launch sites are highly sought after. We should be capitalising on this by allowing @SpaceX to launch on our soil.

[vincent @vinwambua]

this is the kind of space heritage that just makes you want to build

[Space SZN @spaceSZNpod]

@ShandyOchieng @SpaceAgencyKE @womeninspaceke For sure