According to ISRO, Chandrayaan-3 is set to touch down on the moon at approximately 6.04 PM local time (4.34 PM UAE time)
Space Exploration
Chandrayaan-3
WATCH: India’s Chandrayaan-3 moon mission countdown begins
The moon exploration mission is expected to position the South Asian country as the fourth nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon
Aerospace
UAE asteroid mission: Space Agency calls on private sector to participate, director says
The UAE Space Agency will launch the ‘Space Means Business’ campaign for private sector companies to be a part of the Asteroid Belt mission
MBRSC
Sheikh Mohammed announces UAE moon mission as work begins on Rashid Rover 2
UAE starts work on next visit to the moon following lunar landing attempt on Tuesday, April 25
Space
US warns of threat from space
Gen. Chance Saltzman of the US Space Force said that the threats have grown “substantially”
Eid
UAE astronaut celebrates Eid Al Fitr 2023 in space
UAE Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi shares Eid greetings from International Space Station
International Space Station
UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi set to be first Arab to walk in space
UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi will make history as the first Arab to walk in space on April 28
Artemis II
NASA announces first woman and African American astronauts for moon mission
Artemis II will venture some 6,400 miles (10,300 km) beyond the far side of the moon before returning, marking the closest pass humans have made to Earth’s natural satellite since Apollo 17
Arab astronaut
WATCH: UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi greets Egypt from space
“As I gaze down from space on this land, I extend my greetings to Egypt and its warm people,” Al Neyadi said
Funding
Rolls-Royce secures $3.55m funding for moon exploration
The funding was received from the UK space agency to back Rolls-Royce’s research into how nuclear power could be used to support a future moon base for astronauts
Dubai Opera
UAE residents can chat to Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi in space
Book now to talk live to UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi in space
Arab astronaut
Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi shares image of UAE from space
“No matter where I am in the world, my path always leads me home,” Al Neyadi said
Al Munther
Bahraini team completes 35% of Al Munther satellite project
Al Munther project follows the success of the launch of the first satellite ‘Light 1’
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre
UAE ‘exciting place’ for satellite, space exploration industry, says Yahsat executive
CFO said space exploration a “top priority for UAE”
Arab astronaut
UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi shares selfie from space
“From space, I salute earth” Al Neyadi said
Astronauts
UAE makes history with the launch of the longest Arab mission to space
The Dragon spacecraft carrying the UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi and Crew-6 colleagues has blasted off to space on March 2
Astronaut programme
UAE astronaut makes history in flight to International Space Station
Al Neyadi will carry out a six-month space mission from the International Space Station (ISS) as part of Crew-6