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Four space station crew members leave for Earth
WASHINGTON, US – Four astronauts left the International Space Station on Monday and were bound for Earth following a more than...
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Two-day inaugural RAK Energy Summit to begin on Oct 4
The inaugural RAK Energy Summit, to be held on October 4-5, will feature experts from the energy sector in the...
- The summit will feature experts from the energy sector in the UAE and globally.
- The experts will discuss the challenges the world faces as it moves to cut carbon emissions.
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NASA, SpaceX study boosting Hubble to extend its lifespan
Arguably among the most valuable instruments in scientific history, Hubble continues to make important discoveries, including this year detecting the...
- The renowned observatory has been operating since 1990 about 335 miles (540 kilometers) above Earth, in an orbit that slowly decays over time
- One of the main obstacles would be that the Dragon spacecraft, unlike the Space Shuttles, does not have a robotic arm and would need modifications for such a mission
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Jordan, Germany discuss scientific research, ties in water sector
Jordan's The Royal Scientific Society (RSS) and the Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) discussed with the German Research Foundation...
- A German Research Foundation (DFG) delegation visits Jordan and discusses scientific and research ties in the water sector.
- The delegation included 22 researchers, professors and representatives from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
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NASA to attempt key planetary defense test
The DART spaceship will be smacked into asteroid moonlet Dimorphos to deflect its orbit, testing our ability to stop cosmic...
- To be sure, neither the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, nor the big brother it orbits, called Didymos, pose any threat as the pair loop the Sun, passing about 7m miles from Earth.
- But NASA has deemed the experiment important to carry out before an actual need is discovered.
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NASA scraps scheduled Moon launch due to tropical storm
NASA has called off the scheduled Tuesday launch of its uncrewed mission to the Moon due to a tropical storm...
- The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Tropical Storm Ian is due to "rapidly intensify" over the weekend as it moves toward Florida.
- A successful Artemis 1 mission would come as a huge relief to NASA, after years of delays and cost overruns.
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Saudi Arabia to launch two astronauts into space aboard Elon Musk’s SpaceX
The sources told Reuters that the deal was signed privately earlier this year with Houston’s Axiom Space.
- The sources told Reuters that the deal was signed privately earlier this year with Houston’s Axiom Space
- Under the deal, two Saudi astronauts will ride SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule to the space station for a roughly weeklong stay
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Elon Musk intends to bring satellite internet to Iran
Musk had initially announced that the Starlink satellite internet service had been made available on every continent "including Antarctica" with...
- Iranian-born science journalist Erfan Kasraie had said on Twitter that bringing the service to Iran could be a "real game changer for the future" of the country
- Launched at the end of 2020, Starlink offers high-speed broadband service to customers in areas poorly served by fixed and mobile terrestrial networks
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Continuous effort required to protect ozone layer, says UNEP
The UNEP noted a global temperature rise of 2.5C was possible if the ozone-depleting chemicals weren't banned, which would have...
- The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) praised the Protocol’s success, as it ended the danger of ozone layer's depletion, a threat for humanity.
- It said the global cooperation worked, and the gases were eliminated. This healed the ozone layer which would save earth from sun's ultraviolet radiations.
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Webb telescope captures ‘breathtaking’ images of Orion Nebula
An international research team on Monday revealed the first images of the Orion Nebula captured with the James Webb Space...
- Astronomers are interested in the region to better understand what happened during the first million years of our planetary evolution
- Webb is the most powerful space telescope ever built, boasting a primary mirror measuring 6.5 meters (more than 21 feet) that is made up of 18 hexagonal, gold-coated segments
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NASA’s Moon mission pushed back, again
The date would depend on engineering teams successfully carrying out a test to fuel up the Space Launch System rocket,...
- The Artemis 1 space mission hopes to test the SLS as well as the unmanned Orion capsule that sits atop it, in preparation for future Moon-bound journeys with humans aboard
- Once launched, it will take several days for the spacecraft to reach the Moon, flying around 60 miles (100 kilometers) at its closest approach
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UAE and Russia look to boost ties in education, space, scientific research
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Iran and Russia sign deal to build research spacecraft in two years
Tehran, Iran-- Iran and Russia are looking to build a research spacecraft within two years and in this connection top...
- The Scientific and Research Department at the University of Tehran has set up a secretariat to oversee the project
- The Islamic republic's vice president has directed the Plan and Budget Organization of Iran to finance part of the joint project
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Lab-grown human ’embryos’ offer new research hope
The research and other recent work shows "that models of human embryos are getting more sophisticated and closer to events...
- Earlier this year, several labs around the world released pre-print studies that had not been peer-reviewed, describing their development of early human embryo-like structures
- The research was welcomed by some scientists as an "impressive" advance that could help unlock secrets about the precarious early stages of pregnancies, when failure is most common
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Sultan AlNeyadi is back but his mission will continue, says MBRSC
According to MBRSC, Sultan AlNeyadi will continue his mission in order to benefit from the scientific experiments that he took...
- Once the spacecraft splashed down, the astronauts were carried out of the capsule and placed in a gurney-type transport
- Being the first Arab astronaut to do a spacewalk, Al Neyadi was seen smiling and waving to the camera after leaving the capsule