Japanese startup launches historic moon missionThe spacecraft, produced by Tokyo-based startup ispace, blasted off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 2:38 am (0738 GMT), live footage of the lau...
11 Dec, 2022, 03.23 PM IST
Saudi Arabia plans to send female astronaut to space in 2023The plan, championed by Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also calls for greater integration of women into the work...
22 Sep, 2022, 07.08 PM IST
United Arab Emirates names 2 new astronauts, including womanSheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai who also serves as the autocratically ruled country's prime minister and vice pre...
10 Apr, 2021, 10.05 PM IST
NASA exchanges data of its Mars mission with India, China, UAE & European Space AgencyThe purpose of exchanges was to lower the risk of a collision, as their spacecraft are orbiting the red planet, Hong Kong-based South China...
31 Mar, 2021, 03.55 PM IST
China's Mars craft enters parking orbit before landing roverThe China National Space Administration said the spacecraft executed a maneuver to adjust its orbit early Wednesday morning Beijing time an...
24 Feb, 2021, 11.38 AM IST
NASA rover streaks toward a landing on MarsA NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer ...
18 Feb, 2021, 08.47 PM IST
Chinese spacecraft enters Mars orbit, becomes world's second in two daysThe orbiter-rover combo became the second spacecraft in two days to reach the red planet. An orbiter from the United Arab Emirates led the ...
10 Feb, 2021, 07.03 PM IST
Arab spacecraft enters orbit around Mars in historic flightMission controllers at the UAE's space center in Dubai announced that the unmanned craft, called Amal, Arabic for Hope, reached the end of ...
09 Feb, 2021, 10.16 PM IST
Arab spacecraft closes in on Mars on historic flightA spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates was set to swing into orbit around Mars in the Arab world's first interplanetary mission on Tues...
09 Feb, 2021, 11.28 AM IST
UAE's 'Hope' probe to be first in trio of Mars missionsIf succesful, the wealthy Gulf state will become the fifth nation to ever reach Mars -- a venture timed to mark the 50th anniversary of the...
07 Feb, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
Chinese spacecraft set for Mars landing in May: State mediaIn 2003, China became the third country to put a man in space with its own rocket after the former Soviet Union and the United States. Chin...
29 Oct, 2020, 03.34 PM IST
United Arab Emirates to launch spacecraft to moon in 2024Sheikh Mohammed's announcement comes after the launch of a Mars probe earlier this year by the UAE, an oil-rich nation on the Arabian Penin...
29 Sep, 2020, 02.35 PM IST
In Arab world's first, UAE successfully launches its spacecraft 'Al Amal' towards MarsAl Amal, or Hope Probe, weighing 1.3 tonnes was launched from the H-2A rocket from Japan's remote Tanegashima spaceport at 1.58 am local ti...
20 Jul, 2020, 12.27 PM IST
China moves rocket into place for nation's 1st Mars missionThe mission is one of the most ambitious yet for China's space program, which has advanced rapidly since launching its first crewed mission...
17 Jul, 2020, 12.09 PM IST
Earth is looking to invade Mars with a fleet of spacecraft from US, China and UAEThe 3 countries are sending spacecraft to the red planet beginning this week.
13 Jul, 2020, 04.19 PM IST
Look out, Mars: Here we come with a fleet of spacecraftThree countries — the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates — are sending unmanned spacecraft to the red planet in quick succes...
13 Jul, 2020, 01.43 PM IST
- NASA to work with UAE on Mars probe
Dubai, Nov 27 (IANS) US space agency NASA will work with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency to put communications capability on th...
27 Nov, 2016, 04.43 PM IST