UAE releases first image of Mars
15 February 2021 The United Arab Emirates-government has published a picture of Mars taken from the contracted surveillance probe Amal, from some 25,000 km above the planet, has been published…
UAE probe in final approach to Mars
09 February 2021 The UAE’s Hope probe is on its final approach towards Mars on today where it is due to enter the red planet’s orbit after a six-month-long multimillion…
Supermoons and planetary conjunctions in SA skies in 2021
09 February 2021 2021 has a packed sky-watcher calendar according to Daniel Cunnama, science engagement astronomer at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). South Africans and others in the Southern…
The world’s first space hospital being built
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 31 January 2018| 13 Jumadul Ula 1439 The space hospital is due to be tested before its launch, in parallel with the start of the UAE…
Life on another planet: UAE seeks to build human settlement on Mars by 2117
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 15 February 2017| 17 Jumadul ula 1438 ‘Mars 2117 Project’ is set to be developed and executed in partnership with major international research institutions. The United…