Sultan AlNeyadi set to return to earth on September 3
Dubai, UAE – Sultan AlNeyadi, along with his international crewmates, is set to return to Earth on September 3 after spending 6 months aboard the International Space Station, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced on Wednesday.  This is the longest Arab space mission in history. AlNeyadi, joined by NASA astronauts Stephen...
China launches mission with first civilian to space station
Shenzhou-16 is the first mission to Tiangong since it entered its "application and development" stage, authorities said. Shenzhou-16 will carry out a number of experiments during the mission, including in "high-precision space time-frequency systems", general relativity, and into the origin of life, CMSA spokesperson Lin Xiqiang told reporters on Monday.
Bahrain, Qatar in focus as UAE astronaut shares unique view of the Gulf from space
Sultan Al Neyadi, the UAE astronaut, honors Bahrain and Qatar from his orbital viewpoint 400km above Earth, describing them as "two shining pearls".
UAE Space mission: Â Sultan Alneyadi docks at space station
The crew consists of Alneyadi, NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev.ÂUAE creates a sustainable ecosystem to further enhance understanding of space, says astronaut
He was speaking at an event hosted by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, where the details of the second crewed mission of the UAE Astronaut Programme to the ISS was revealed. Scheduled for launch on Feb 26 at 11:07, the mission will be the first long-duration Arab astronaut mission.
First private mission readies for launch to ISS
Takeoff is set for 11:17 am (1517 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX rocket.
NASA awards $415m contracts for commercial space stations
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, aerospace company Nanoracks and defense contractor Northrop Grumman won $130 million, $160 million, and $125.6 million contracts respectively to develop their orbital outposts. A fourth company, Axiom Space, was previously awarded a $140 million contract.
Russian film crew return to Earth from space
The movie's plot, which has been mostly kept under wraps along with its budget, centres around a female surgeon who is dispatched to the ISS to save a cosmonautBoeing attempts uncrewed test flight to ISS a second time
The spaceship is due to launch on an Atlas V rocket built by the United Launch Alliance from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:20 pm Eastern time (1720 GMT)
