United Arab Emirates to launch first lunar rover in NovemberThe rover is to be launched aboard a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket and deposited on the moon by a Japanese ispace lander sometime in March. "We've...
19 Sep, 2022, 06.32 PM IST
Mars has auroras and a UAE spacecraft captured new pictures of themThere is not just the northern lights and southern lights like on Earth, but also the equatorial lights, mid-latitude lights, eastern light...
05 Jul, 2021, 11.24 AM IST
Why is everyone so obsessed with going to Mars? Here are some other worlds ripe for explorationLast year the United States, the United Arab Emirates and China all launched missions to Mars, taking advantage of the relatively short jou...
16 Jun, 2021, 11.32 AM IST
UAE sets new ambitious timeline for launch of moon roverThe "Rashid" rover, named after Dubai's ruling family, will deploy to the moon using ispace's lunar lander. The company will also provide t...
14 Apr, 2021, 07.38 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
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
UAE's Hope Probe nears Mars in first Arab missionThe Mars programme is part of the UAE's efforts to develop its scientific and technological capabilities and reduce its reliance on oil.
09 Feb, 2021, 05.28 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
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
The real reason why UAE has appointed a minister for artificial intelligenceThis is the first acknowledgement by the Arab world that these indeed are the technologies that are going to shape economies in times to co...
21 Oct, 2017, 08.23 PM IST
- UAE declares 2020 'Unique Year for Space Sector'
New York, Oct 20 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has highlighted its intention to make 2020 a unique year for the country's space...
20 Oct, 2017, 07.12 PM IST
- UAE to build 'first city on Mars by 2117'
Dubai, Feb 16 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will build the first city on the Red Planet as part of the 2117 Mars project in collabo...
18 Feb, 2017, 06.20 AM IST
Skyscrapers not enough? UAE unveils plan to build first city on Mars by 2117The UAE will set a plan to prepare cadres that can achieve scientific breakthroughs to facilitate people to the Red Planet over the next de...
16 Feb, 2017, 05.10 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
Government approves MoU between ISRO and the UAE Space AgencyPromoting space cooperation between India and the UAE was highlighted during Modi's visit to the UAE in August 2015.
25 May, 2016, 05.05 PM IST