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For the first time, water has been discovered on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places.

Frontex selects Airbus and Heron for maritime surveillance

The mobile satellite operator Thuraya launches a cloud-based tracking and monitoring service for fishing vessels, the company announced.

The University of Texas at Austin, U.S., cooperates with the National Space & Science Technology Centre of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) University on space science and research, the university said.

It’s no longer a matter of who arrives first but who stays the longest. A permanent human presence on the Moon is vital to create the lunar economy. This is what NASA’s Artemis program intends to do as early as 2024 at a cost of $30 billion.

UNOOSA sets up emergency response office in Israel

In this week’s Space Cafè WebTalk, Fahad Al Mheiri, Acting Executive Director – Space Sector United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) in the United Arab Emirates talked about recent developments and updates in the UAE space sector and the UAE Space Agency. 

Comtech and Gilat call off merger and settle litigation

The recent 2020 US West Coast wildfire has opened infernos, as it ravaged hundreds of homes and charred hundreds of neighborhoods. On September 10, 2020, CNN announced that the Creek Fire had taken more than 166,00 acres after destroying 360 structures in Central California, Amidst a state emergency, firefighters had to defeat the "beast" that turned the scenery to a similar fiction movies scene on a doomsday.

Exolaunch delivers 15 small satellites on Soyuz rideshare mission