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Catalysing African Space Value Chains, STEM and Tourism: What’s the ‘Common Cause’?

In addition to serving as significant catalysts for a local commercial space industry across the entire value chain, spaceports can be leveraged by policymakers or investment promotion agencies to supplement sustainable, regionalised tourism growth strategies that contribute to long-term development outcomes. The significant potential social, technological and economic development outcomes and impacts that are attainable through the enablement of safe, viable and commercial s

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Nov 213 min read

MURA SPACE & UKZN ASRI SIGN LAUNCH PARTNERSHIP, TARGET 100KMS LAUNCHES TO EDGE OF SPACE

TL:DR - SA needs more launch! Mura Space and the Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal are...

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Oct 63 min read

Sovereign Launch for Africa: Mura at the GSA International Spaceport Forum & IAC Sydney

We were excited to represent Mura Space at the 2nd GSA International Spaceport Forum, held just ahead of the International Astronautical...

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Oct 21 min read

Strengthening Space Technology-Industrial Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander casts its shadow across the Moon’s surface on March 2 2025, with Earth visible on the...

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Sep 302 min read

MIT Media Lab & WEF Launch Strategic Intelligence Space Map

The MIT Media Lab, in partnership with the World Economic Forum, has released the Strategic Intelligence Map on Space. The tool brings...

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Sep 171 min read

G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting 2025

It was an honour to participate and exhibit at the G20 Space Economy Leaders Meeting (SELM) 2025, where we introduced the Mura Spaceport™...

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Sep 41 min read

South African National Space Conference 2025

We were honoured to participate in the South African National Space Conference 2025, held 20–22 August at the CSIR in Pretoria. The event was hosted by the National Earth Observations and Space Secretariat (NEOSS) and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA)—an initiative of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI)—in collaboration with the South African Air Force (SAAF) and other national partners. The conference centred on the theme: “Space for Soc

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Aug 232 min read