Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin have long dominated the news with their respective advances in private space travel industry.
Red Planet
Astronauts
Plan to colonise Mars collapses into bankruptcy
Mars One Ventures sought funding in Dubai, wanted to build a training base in the emirate and listed two UAE residents as potential Mars colonisers
California
Video: NASA launches mission to explore below Mars’ surface
NASA’s InSight mission to Mars was launched on an Atlas V-401 rocket from California in the early hours of Saturday morning and will take six months to reach the planet.
Astronauts
In pictures: Scientist to explore simulate life on ‘Red Planet’ in Oman Dhofar desert
The “analog astronauts” of the Austrian Space Forum — a volunteer-based collective — have arrived in Oman to begin preparations for a four-week simulation mission due to begin next year.
Dubai
Video: Update on UAE’s plan to build a $136m city on the planet Mars
UAE space scientists provided the latest updates on their 100-year strategy to colonise Mars at a recent space conference in Dubai.
Elon Musk
Video: Elon Musk unveils SpaceX voyage plan to Mars
SpaceX aims to do 30 launches next year, Musk said.