Further to last week’s report that the UAE is in discussions with Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, about training and launching Emirati astronauts, further details have emerged out of the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) held in Adelaide, Australia, about the strategic rationale behind the UAE’s human spaceflight programme. Quoted in …
Read More »UAE to Establish Mars Science City to Simulate Living On Mars
Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, have launched the Mars Science City project. The AED500-million City will …
Read More »UAE In Talks With Russia On Training Emirati Astronauts For International Space Station Missions
Russian news outlets TASS and Pravda are reporting that the UAE Space Agency and Roscosmos have held talks at the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, about training Emirati astronauts and then launching them from Russian soil to the International Space Station (ISS) as early as 2019. Sergey …
Read More »UAE’s MBRSC Announces Its Second Edition Of The Explore Mars Competition
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), the entity in charge of designing, implementing and supervising all the phases of the Emirates Mars Mission-Hope mission under the supervision of the UAE Space Agency, has announced the launch of the second edition of its Explore Mars Competition. The competition is part …
Read More »UAE’s MBRSC Participates In The 68th International Astronautical Congress
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) will participate in the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, between September 25-29, 2017. The IAC is one of the leading space conferences worldwide, attended by presidents and CEOs of international space agencies, decision makers, researchers, academics, and professionals in the …
Read More »UAE’s MBRSC Announces The Launch Of The First Edition Of MBRSC Science Event In October 2017
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has launched the first edition of Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre Science Event (MBRSC Science Event), that will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, …
Read More »#SpaceWatchME Op’Ed: Why the New Space Race Must Focus On Sustainability
As Earth’s orbits become more crowded due to more countries entering the space domain and the emergence of large commercial constellations, the challenge of sustaining space as an environment in which Earth can continue to derive all of the advantages of satellite increases. In a blog post originally authored for …
Read More »UAE Space Agency Discusses Collaboration With The International Astronautical Federation
A UAE Space Agency delegation, led by Chairman H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, met with the President of the International Astronautical Federation, Dr. Jean-Yves Le Gall, to discuss a range of opportunities for collaboration in space science, research and education. H.E. Al Falasi also highlighted the UAE’s interest in …
Read More »Breakthrough Listen Detects Repeating Fast Radio Bursts from the Distant Universe
Breakthrough Listen – the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe – has detected 15 fast radio bursts emanating from the mysterious “repeater” FRB 121102. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are brief, bright pulses of radio emission from distant galaxies. First detected with the Parkes Telescope in …
Read More »#SpaceWatchME Op’Ed: UAE’s Mars Ambitions – A Middle East Trailblazer
The UAE’s mission to Mars and its proposed Martian colony to be established by 2117 have garnered many headlines around the world. What is less known, however, are the critical economic and societal drivers behind these ambitious projects that are vital to the prosperity of the UAE well into the …
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