Two lunar landings in a week for NASA’s private Moon fleet
Washington, United States -- More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo mission and the United States' return to...Technology Geostrategy Science
UAE’s satellite, developed by Emirati engineers, launched from California to aid disaster relief and earth observation
With cutting-edge features like high-resolution imaging and electric jet propulsion, MBZ-SAT will enhance environmental surveillance, disaster management, and infrastructure monitoring,...Technology Science
NASA to reveal names of 4 astronauts who will fly around Moon in 2024
NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the crew members of the mission known as Artemis 2 would be revealed on April...The ambitious program aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions ended in 1972
NASA hopes to establish a lasting human presence on the lunar surface and later launch a years-long trip to Mars
NASA to launch a crewed mission around Moon in Nov 2024
NASA is to reveal the members of the Artemis 2 crew later this year. All that is known so far...NASA officials provided an update on the Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions in 1972
The first Artemis mission wrapped up in December with an uncrewed Orion capsule returning safely to Earth after a more than 25-day journey around the Moon
After 15 years of talks, UN states agree on deal to protect high seas
The deal described by many as historic is seen as key to conserving 30 percent of the world's land and...Greenpeace's Laura Meller called it a historic day for conservation and a sign that in a divided world, protecting nature and people can triumph over geopolitics
The treaty will also oblige countries to conduct environmental impact assessments of proposed activities on the high seas
UAE Space mission: Sultan Alneyadi docks at space station
The crew consists of Alneyadi, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.The crew consists of Alneyadi, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev
The Crew-6 mission is the sixth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the International Space Station
Covid-19 ‘most likely’ caused by incident in Wuhan lab: FBI head
Washington, United States--FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday his agency believes the Covid-19 pandemic was "most likely" caused by an incident...The comments come after a report earlier this week said the US Department of Energy said that a leak from a Chinese lab was the most likely cause of the Covid-19 outbreak
FBI head also accused the Chinese government of trying to stall US efforts to investigate the causes of the pandemic
SpaceX Dragon to carry two NASA astronauts to ISS, one of them Emirati
The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission is set to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:45 am...NASA's Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Russia's Andrey Fedyaev and Sultan al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates are to spend six months on the orbiting space station
Neyadi, 41, will be the fourth astronaut from an Arab country and the second from the oil-rich UAE to journey to space; his compatriot Hazzaa al-Mansoori flew an eight-day mission
Iraq’s Tigris, Euphrates rivers plummet as water crisis looms
NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers have witnessed a sharp decrease in their levels in the south of the...In Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province of Dhi Qar, an AFP photographer saw the river bed of the mighty Euphrates dry in patches.
The water ministry blamed the situation in some southern provinces on "the low quantity of water reaching Iraq from neighboring Turkey".
Euclid to probe universe’s big mysteries: dark matter, dark energy
In a few months the space telescope will blast off on history's first mission to search for two of the...Aiming to shed light on these dark secrets, the mission will chart a 3D map of the universe encompassing two billion galaxies across more than a third of the sky.
The third dimension of this map will be time -- because Euclid's gaze will stretch out to 10 billion light years away, it will offer new insight into how the universe evolved.
Barakah’s Unit 3 enhances UAE’s bid to cut emissions
"We utilise all forms of clean energy to cut carbon emissions and mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. The...The start of commercial operations for Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant marks another accomplishment in generating abundant clean electricity to the national grid
The plant will also prevent millions of tons of carbon emissions annually, said Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, the UAE’s Minister of Climate Change and Environment
Rayyana Barnawi first ever Saudi woman to join space mission
Rayyana Barnawi will join fellow Saudi male astronaut Ali Al-Qarni on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) "during...The astronauts "will join the crew of the AX-2 space mission" and the space flight will "launch from the USA".
In 1985, Saudi royal Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, an airforce pilot, took part in a US-organized space mission, becoming the first Arab Muslim to travel into space.
