As many as 2,299 students from five Innoventures Education schools take part in a five-day camp where they were mentored by NASA astronauts and scientists
Space Exploration
Emirates Lunar Mission
UAE Moon mission closer for takeoff, with the launch vehicle clearing all tests
The rover is expected to be launched during November 9 – 15, 2022 at the earliest
Aerospace
South Korea’s first lunar mission to explore moon’s coldest, darkest areas
The space mission title ‘Danuri moon mission’, will study the moon’s magnetic field and its darkest craters
Elon Musk
Mattel to release space venture-based toys after tie-up with SpaceX
The multi-year licensing deal with the Elon Musk-owned company will see Mattel releasing the SpaceX product line next year
bilateral cooperation
UAE, France ink deals on energy, climate action, lunar exploration
Sheikh Mohamed and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron also saw the creation of the UAE-French Business Council, which aims to strengthen relations in vital fields such as energy, transport, and investment
Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri
UAE earmarks $820 million to fund ambitious space plans
Its first project will be to build a constellation of advanced imaging satellites, to be named Sirb, an Arabic term for a flock of birds
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi’s IHC and Alpha Dhabi to invest $50m in Elon Musk’s SpaceX
SpaceX is going head-to-head with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, who are both venturing into space tourism
Entrepreneurs
Out of this world: Opportunities for entrepreneurs in the space industry
Here’s how the final frontier is fast becoming the new frontier for tech-savvy entrepreneurs and startups
climate change
US-UAE Business Council president sees ‘tremendous potential’ for further growth
Healthcare, energy sustainability, space, advanced manufacturing and the digital economy have been identified as promising sectors
Aerospace
International cooperation crucial to mitigate challenges, pursue growth in the space sector, UAE astronaut says
As the focus on space technologies continues to grow, more than 15,000 additional satellites are likely to orbit the planet by 2030, an expert said, while also warning of dangerous space debris that could pose a threat to human spaceflight and exploration missions
Data analysis
UAE, US Mars missions finalise initiative to collaborate on observations from the Red Planet
The Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope Probe is studying the relationship between the upper layer and lower regions of the Red Planet’s atmosphere at different times of the day and through different seasons
3D printing
How astronauts on the International Space Station use HPE’s Spaceborne Computer-2 to conduct experiments
According to HPE, the Spaceborne Computer-2 has accelerated time-to-insight, from months to minutes, to advance healthcare, image processing, natural disaster recovery, 3D printing, 5G, AI, and more
Aerospace
As UAE’s space sector grows in stature, SpaceTech fund and accelerator are natural next steps
SpaceTech companies are among the 16 startups chosen as part of the 2021 cohort of Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem
Artemis I
NASA marks comeback of lunar explorations as mega-Moon SLS rocket heads to launch complex for Artemis I mission
The lunar mission – Artemis I – will be the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a long-term human presence on the moon for decades to come, NASA said.
M&A deals
Branson’s Mubadala-backed Virgin Orbit to list in SPAC deal
Reverse merger with NextGen Acquisition Corp. II will value the satellite-launch company at $3.2bn
Aerospace
SpaceX, backed by Abu Dhabi-based IHC, completes funding round of $850m
Last year Abu-Dhabi-based IHC purchased a 94 percent stake in Falcon CI IV LP, a private equity fund in the Cayman Islands that has invested in the aerospace company
Hope Mars Mission
Sarah Al Amiri named among world’s most influential after UAE Hope Probe success
Chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency has been named in Time magazine’s Next 100 Most Influential People in the World