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
From ‘child of war’ to two-term WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the first African to head the WHO, was re-elected on Tuesday, tearfully accepting a second term as...The UN health agency did not provide a breakdown, but sources in the room said he had received 155 of the 160 votes cast
The 57-year-old malaria expert has also increasingly been sounding the alarm over the heavy toll that conflicts like the war in Ukraine are taking on global health
Boeing’s Starliner docks with ISS in high-stakes test mission
NASA is looking to certify Starliner as a second "taxi" service for its astronauts to the space station a role...Starliner spaceship made contact at 8:28 pm Eastern time, 24 hours after it took off from the Kennedy Space Center
Success of spaceship will be the key to re-establish Boeing's credibility after its first launch in 2019 which was failed to dock with the ISS due to software bugs
MBRSC and EGA look to collaborate in field of research
Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre and Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA) are looking to collaborate in research and the use of...Al Marri was received at EGA's Jebel Ali site in Dubai by Chief Executive Officer Abdulnasser bin Kalban, and the company's leading technologists
The two parties discussed potential future synergies, including the use of EGA metal by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in constructing its next spacecraft
Stay off social media to improve your mental health: Study
It’s no secret that too much social media can be bad for one’s mental health. Now, research suggests that taking...Staying off social media for a week meant, for some study participants, gaining about nine hours of free time, which improved their well-being, British researchers report.
Those who took a break from social media had significant improvements in well-being, depression and anxiety, compared with those who continued to use social media, the study found.
WHO renews ties with Saudi drug authority for global cooperation
The approval is expected to transform the regional center into a global center covering the eastern Mediterranean and Africa.The move aims to contribute to the SFDA in assisting emerging countries in monitoring and regulating medical devices and supplies
It also looks to benefit from the WHO’s expertise in various regulatory and supervisory areas in medical devices and supplies
China pulls no punches to beat Covid
Leaving a fine mist of disinfectant in their wake, China's hazmat-clad health workers are cleaning homes, roads, parcels and even...China is tied to a zero-Covid strategy, wielding snap lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines as part of unrelenting efforts to quash virus outbreaks
The sight has become one of the most visual expressions of China's zero-Covid policy
US nears 1m Covid dead, as New York seeks to move on
America recorded its first coronavirus death, on the West Coast, in early February 2020. By the next month, the virus...The US has recorded a rise in the number of daily virus cases in recent weeks due to the new Omicron subvariant and the lifting of mask mandates
Ideological clashes in public over curfews, mask mandate, and vaccine mandates resulted in the country hitting the highest death toll in the world
Saudi Space Commission looks to explore cooperation with NASA
Saudi Space Commission Board of Directors Chairman Abdullah Amer Alswaha is on a tour of the US to develop the...The two countries discussed opportunities for strategic cooperation to develop the space sector
They also mulled investment in future joint projects to achieve mutual economic and strategic goals
UAE’s Covid-19 response gets global plaudits
Earlier this year, the UAE rose to the top of Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking, outperforming European countries in terms of...For one, smart-technology platforms were effectively used in the UAE to combat Covid-19
The UAE also adopted the mandatory use of face masks in March 2020, well ahead of the WHO recommendation
Astronaut crew returns to Earth after six months
Crew-3 carried out hundreds of scientific experiments, including growing chilies in space to add to the knowledge of cultivating crops...Crew-3's expedition came at an increasingly busy time for commercial space.
The ISS now awaits docking with an uncrewed Boeing Starliner capsule, which is set to launch from Florida on May 19.
