This day in history we feature the Falcon Heavy. SpaceX conducted Falcon Heavy’s maiden launch on this day in 2018. Trivia – Falcon Heavy Falcon Heavy is a partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle that is produced by SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer. The rocket consists of two strap-on boosters made from Falcon 9 first stages, […]
This day in history we feature Falcon 1. SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer successfully launched Falcon 1 on this day 2008. Trivia – Falcon 1 Falcon 1 was a small-lift launch vehicle that was operated from 2006 to 2009 by SpaceX. It became the first privately-developed fully liquid-fueled launch vehicle to go into orbit around […]
A piece of space junk from Elon Musk’s SpaceX Crew-1 craft recently crash-landed on a farmer’s property in Australia after it launched into space in November 2020. The family of farmer Mick Miners were alerted to the arrival of the object after they heard a loud bang coming from a sheep paddock on their property […]
DUBAI: French astronaut Thomas Pesquet took a photo of the Expo 2020 Dubai site from the International Space Station (ISS), during his 200-day mission which launched from Florida, USA. During a Q&A session which France Pavilion organised at the Expo 2020 Dubai, Pesquet responded to a number of questions from growing food in zero gravity […]
CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA’s next-generation moon rocket began a highly anticipated, slow-motion journey out of its assembly plant en route to the launch pad in Florida for a final round of tests in the coming weeks that will determine how soon the spacecraft can fly, Reuters reported. Rollout of the 32-story-tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket […]
RIYADH: Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), the U.S.-based global technology leader, will present its vision for 21st-century security capabilities at the inaugural World Defence Show (WDS) in Riyadh. WDS, which will run from March 6 to 9, 2022, is a fully integrated and future-focused defence event that is set to showcase cutting-edge developments from around the […]
DUBAI: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced that it is all set to host the 17th International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps 2023), one of the world’s leading and premier space events at the World Trade Centre in Dubai, UAE. The event, being held for the first time ever in the Arab world, […]
The James Webb Space Telescope is finally on the launchpad. The space observatory, safely tucked inside an Ariane 5 rocket, is expected to launch on December 25. The rollout took about two hours to complete, according to NASA. Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket, with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on board, was rolled out to the […]
Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to “touch the sun.” The Parker Solar Probe has successfully flown through the sun’s corona, or upper atmosphere, to sample particles and our star’s magnetic fields. “Parker Solar Probe ‘touching the Sun’ is […]
A rover that landed on the far side of the moon has been sent to investigate a peculiar object on its visible horizon. The far side of the moon has relatively few flat areas, however, the rover noticed that this structure certainly stood out. Considering there isn’t much on the surface of our closest celestial […]
DUBAI: The Senior Director and Project Manager of Emirates Mars Mission, Omran Sharaf, is also the Director of the Programmes Management Department at the UAE Space Agency’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre gave some insights on space missions. Working with Emirates Mars Mission, how did you feel seeing the Hope Probe arrive at Mars earlier […]
