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Rayyanah Barnawi, Ali Al Qarni’s first day at the International Space Station

Marisha Singh — Tue, 23 May 2023 07:59:52 +0000

The Axiom 2 mission brings together three Arab astronauts on board the ISS for the first time in history

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Saudi astronauts embark on landmark space mission: Watch liftoff

Marisha Singh — Mon, 22 May 2023 03:54:53 +0000

Saudi Arabia's historic mission signifies the nation's commitment to advancing space exploration under the ambit of the Vision 2030 national agenda

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Saudi space mission to launch on May 21, crew includes first Arab woman at ISS

Divsha Bhat — Mon, 15 May 2023 09:10:24 +0000

The mission is part of the kingdom’s astronauts’ programme, which was launched on September 22 last year

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Yahsat reports record Q1 2023 revenue to the tune of Dhs369m

Neesha Salian — Tue, 09 May 2023 13:00:13 +0000

Yahsat's net income and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation both grew by 35 per cent and 4 per cent respectively year-on-year

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Watch live: Sultan Al Neyadi becomes first Arab astronaut to perform a spacewalk

Divsha Bhat — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 05:39:51 +0000

The UAE will become the 10th country to perform a spacewalk on the ISS, while Al Neyadi will be part of the 261st spacewalk

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Rashid rover 2: Sheikh Mohammed announces new Moon mission

Divsha Bhat — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:51:51 +0000

The announcement follows the likely hard landing of the Hakuto-R Mission 1 spacecraft carrying the previous Rashid rover, to the lunar surface

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UAE Moon mission: Contact lost with HAKUTO-R lander, hard landing on lunar surface likely

Neesha Salian — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 06:07:34 +0000

Engineers from ispace are working on a detailed analysis of the telemetry data acquired until the end of landing sequence to find out the root cause

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UAE’s Rashid rover to land on Moon on April 25

Divsha Bhat — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:09:23 +0000

The rover is currently orbiting the Moon at an altitude of about 100km at the perilune and about 2,300 km at the apolune

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DEWA’s SAT-2 6U nanosatellite to launch in April

Neesha Salian — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 06:21:49 +0000

The 6U nanosatellite will be launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California

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UAE’s Rashid rover enters moon’s orbit

Divsha Bhat — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 19:02:12 +0000

The iSpace lander carrying the rover executed the lunar orbit insertion manoeuvre on March 21

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