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NASA Administrator Embarks On A Global Diplomatic Mission

Arnold Pinto 11/05/2024 0

To Strengthen Global Space Cooperation NASA Administrator Bill Nelson embarked on a diplomatic journey, beginning on May 9, 2024, across Italy, Vatican City, and Saudi Arabia to enhance international collaboration and foster peaceful space exploration Nelson’s itinerary includes meetings

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Slovenia Officially Joins Artemis Accords

News Desk 2 22/04/2024 0

Embraces Safer Space Exploration In a significant stride toward international collaboration in space exploration, Slovenia has formally pledged its commitment to pursuing safer and sustainable ventures beyond Earth’s bounds by signing the Artemis Accords. The historic moment unfolded on April 19, 2024, during a pivotal US-Slovenia strategic dialogue at the Ministry

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Shareef Al Romaithi Joins UAE Analogue Programme

Arnold Pinto 17/04/2024 0

Emirati Is Part Of NASA Mission The Dubai-based Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has announced the appointment of Emirati crew member Shareef Al Romaithi for the second analogue study of the UAE Analogue Programme, which is part of NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analogue (HERA) Campaign 7 Mission 2. Scheduled to commence on May 10, […]

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Intuitive Machines To Develop Lunar Terrain Vehicle For NASA

Arnold Pinto 10/04/2024 0

Contract Is Worth $30 Million NASA has entrusted Intuitive Machines, a leading commercial contractor in space exploration, with a $30 million contract to complete a Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services Feasibility Assessment. This initiative marks Intuitive Machines’ entry into human spaceflight operations within NASA’s ambitious $4.6 billion Lunar Terrain Vehicle

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Blue Origin Reveals 6-Member Crew Of NS-25 Mission

Arnold Pinto 07/04/2024 0

America’s First Black Astronaut Candidate Is In Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, has unveiled the crew for its upcoming NS-25 mission. The mission is slated to mark a historic moment by including Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate. The NS-25 mission will mark Blue Origin’s New Shepard programme’s seventh

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3 Astronauts Return Safely To Earth After Space Mission

Arnold Pinto 07/04/2024 0

Trio Landed In Kazakhstan On April 6, 2024 NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya successfully concluded their six-month research mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on April 6, 2024, when they touched down safely in Kazakhstan. The trio bid farewell to the space station,

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MBRSC And HCT Unveil Cubesat Collaboration

Arnold Pinto 02/04/2024 0

HCT-SAT Is Due For Launch By Yearend The Dubai-headquartered Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and the Dubai-based Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) have begun work on their HCT-SAT 1 Earth-observation CubeSat project. Cubesats are miniature satellites used exclusively in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). HCT students from diverse academic backgrounds are currently stationed

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Astronomers Unveil 49 New Galaxies In Record Time

News Desk 1 27/03/2024 0

New Galaxies Nicknamed The ‘49ers’ An international team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery, identifying 49 previously unknown gas-rich galaxies within just three hours of observation. Led by Dr Marcin Glowacki from Curtin University, Western Australia, the team made remarkable findings by using the powerful MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa. While

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Solideon and Leap 71 enter 3D-printed large space hardware tie-up

Arnold Pinto 19/03/2024 0

The ultimate goal is for off-planet production Solideon, a leading California-headquartered provider of collaborative robotic metal 3D printing systems, and Leap 71, a computational and AI-based engineering technology developer in Dubai, have signed a strategic agreement to design and produce large-scale hardware for space applications. Under the terms of the strategic

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Leap 71, Mimo Technik, and Astro Test Lab announce tie-up

Arnold Pinto 13/03/2024 0

Partnership involves computationally engineered products Leap 71, Mimo Technik, and Astro Test Lab have joined forces to develop fully qualified aerospace products based on computational engineering. An agreement to this effect was signed at the Additive Manufacturing User Group Conference (March 10-14, 2024) in Chicago, Illinois. This signifies a strategic collaboration

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China names its upcoming lunar exploration assets

Arnold Pinto 12/03/2024 0

Lunar lander is ‘Lanyue’ and crew spaceship is ‘Mengzhou’ China has officially disclosed the names of its forthcoming lunar exploration assets, marking a significant stride in the nation’s space endeavours. The lunar lander, set to transport Chinese astronauts (also known as taikonauts) to the moon’s surface, is named ‘Lanyue’ or ‘Embracing the Moon’, drawing

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Climate monitoring satellite leaves Europe for US launch

Arnold Pinto 12/03/2024 0

EarthCARE will enhance global climate monitoring An Airbus-built EarthCARE (Earth Clouds, Aerosols, and Radiation Explorer) spacecraft has embarked from Munich to Vandenberg, California. This marks a significant step in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) FutureEO programme. This complex Earth Explorer mission will launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket in May. EarthCARE, a

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Space Perspective targets its first space flights this year

Arnold Pinto 08/03/2024 0

Capsule will take travellers beyond Earth’s horizon Space Perspective is gearing up to launch its first commercial space flights in late 2024 in a boost to the fledgling accessible space tourism sector. The Florida-headquartered company is the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceflight experience company. It has developed a spaceship named ‘Neptune,’ which comprises a

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Webb telescope reveals distant galaxy GN-z11

Arnold Pinto 05/03/2024 0

Massive black hole and pristine gas clump uncovered In a groundbreaking discovery, the James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled the mysteries shrouding GN-z11, one of the youngest and most remote galaxies ever observed. The findings, released in a joint effort by NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency, promise to redefine our comprehension of the […]

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2 Emiratis to graduate from NASA astronaut candidate class

Arnold Pinto 04/03/2024 0

MBRSC celebrates milestone in the UAE Astronaut Programme In a historic achievement for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Nora Al Matrooshi and Mohammad Al Mulla, the representatives of the second batch of the UAE Astronaut Programme, are poised to graduate from the 2021 NASA Astronaut Candidate Class training programme on March 5, 2024. The term […]

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NASA’s CLPS initiative marks a historic return to the Moon

News Desk 1 25/02/2024 0

Commercial lunar landing is successful In a groundbreaking achievement, NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative has successfully delivered new science instruments and technology demonstrations to the Moon, marking the first uncrewed commercial lunar landing in over 50 years. Intuitive Machines‘ Nova-C lander, named Odysseus, completed a

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Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander achieves historic milestone

Arnold Pinto 24/02/2024 0

Odysseus ‘soft lands’ on the lunar surface Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C class lunar lander, named Odysseus, has landed on the lunar surface, representing the United States’ first successful controlled descent to the lunar surface since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Odysseus landed precisely on February 22, 2024, marking the initial ‘soft landing’ on the moon […]

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Blue Origin unveils New Glenn rocket on launch pad

Arnold Pinto 23/02/2024 0

Vehicle set for maiden launch later this year In a significant milestone, Blue Origin’s New Glenn vehicle made its inaugural appearance as it rolled out and upended at Launch Complex 36 (LC-36) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on February 21, 2024. This marks the first public glimpse of the advanced heavy-lift vehicle. […]

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NWTN becomes the official mobility partner of MBRSC

Arnold Pinto 22/02/2024 0

Dubai-based space entity to use Rabdan One electric vehicles NWTN, a Dubai-based green energy company, has been contracted to supply its Rabdan One electric vehicles to the Dubai-based Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC). An announcement confirming NWTN as the official mobility partner of MBRSC was made on February 19, 2024, when Salem Humaid Al […]

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Satellite constellations’ impact on astronomy reviewed

Arnold Pinto 21/02/2024 0

Chile and Spain host substantial astronomy infrastructure Delegations from 102 countries convened last week in a landmark decision to address the growing concerns over the effects of large satellite constellations on astronomy. The agreement was forged during a meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). Following intense […]