DUBAI: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced that it has selected SpaceX as launch provider to deliver MBZ-SAT, the most advanced commercial satellite in the region in the field of high-resolution satellite imagery, into space. The second Emirati […]
DUBAI: The UAE Space Agency has launched a new competition offering up to AED 4 million in funding for next-generation proposals that address climate change and food security. Scientists, entrepreneurs, academics seeking to address some of the world’s crises are […]
DUBAI: The role of space technologies in providing diagnostic tools that can serve as early-warning systems, help sustain natural resources and lead to more efficient resource management was examined at Expo 2020 recent Dubai Space Business Forum. The forum, held as part of Expo’s Space Week, was attended by […]
DUBAI: Firdaus Orchestra, the pioneering all-women musical ensemble led by Academy and Grammy Award-winning composer A.R. Rahman, will close Expo 2020 Dubai’s Space Week on October 23. The orchestra will render a stellar space-themed repertoire comprising Western classical music and an […]
DUBAI: The Senior Director and Project Manager of Emirates Mars Mission, Omran Sharaf, is also the Director of the Programmes Management Department at the UAE Space Agency’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre gave some insights on space missions. Working with […]
The first NASA mission to fly by a total of eight ancient asteroids is ready for launch. Weather conditions will be 90% favorable on the morning of October 16, when the Lucy mission is set to leave Cape Canaveral Space […]
Astronomers have picked up a bizarre set of radio signals coming from the centre of our Milky Way. Experts are particularly confused by this set of signals because they don’t match any known astrophysical radio source. Ziteng Wang from the […]
DUBAI: Expo launches Space Week in the upcoming days, presenting an array of content, discussions, and more that will probe the benefits, solutions, and challenges of exploring beyond our planet’s orbit. The out-of-this-world event, which runs from October 17-23 and […]
DUBAI: The Emirates Mars Mission, the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation recently released unique new images of Mars that challenge the existing conceptions of how the planet’s atmospheric gases behave and interact. Taken by the Mars Hope […]
Imagine if you could see all the wonders of the world and more but from the edge of space. Stratospheric ballooning company World View has just opened up reservations to get in line for epic five-day balloon voyages that promise […]
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates Space Agency announced the commencement of a new Emirati interplanetary mission, designed to further accelerate the young nation’s space engineering, scientific research, and exploration capabilities and drive innovation and opportunity in the country’s private sector. […]