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Tributes have been pouring in from across the country on the occasion of Zayed Humanitarian Day, which was observed on April 9 this year, and now, UAE astr..

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), today watched the live launch of the longest Arab space mission in history (Zayed Ambition 2) at the Mohammed bin Ra

DUBAI, 2nd March, 2023 (WAM) -- The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has successfully launched the “Zayed Ambition 2” mission, led by astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission is the longest Arab space mission in history. Inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, the space farers will spend around 24 hours in orbit lapping the Earth, before docking with the ISS on the third of March at 10:17 AM.President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nah...

Leaders laud ‘Sultan of Space,’ set to reach ISS on Friday morning, as ‘true son of UAE’

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), today watched the live launch of the longest Arab space mission in history (Zayed Ambition 2) at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai.Emirati astronaut ..

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) today revealed details of the second crewed mission of the UAE Astronaut Programme to the International Space Station (ISS) at an event held at the Museum of the Future.Scheduled for launch on 26th February at

Emirati astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi to be the Mission Specialist of Prime Crew

SpaceX and NASA entering final preparations for Crew-2 launch April 1, 2021 With launch now just a few weeks away, SpaceX and NASA have entered final preparations for the second operational Crew Dragon mission. This will be SpaceX’s second long-duration crew rotation for NASA as a part of the Commercial Crew program.  Crew-2 will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft from historic LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center on April 22 at 6:11 AM EDT (10:11 UTC). It will also ...

Tulane University President Michael Fitts will host the third installment of the Presidential Speaker Series — Mindset: Breaking Barriers — via Zoom on Thursday, Feb. 11 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The program will feature Lisa Jackson, vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives at Apple, and Col. Douglas G. Hurley, a NASA astronaut and Spacecraft Commander on the first crewed test flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon. Both are Tulane alumni, with Jackson (E ’83) holding a bache...

NASA Despite the challenges posed worldwide by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a bumper year when it comes to space exploration, marked by some incredible firsts and some sad farewells. It was a year of remarkable emerging technologies, a line up of ambitious new interplanetary missions, industry firsts, and the reemergence of the US in the field of human spaceflight. Most of all, 2020 saw commercial space companies coming into their own in ways that could impact space travel on a level no...