Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP): Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi stepped out of the International Space Station (ISS) Friday for the first space walk by an Arab astronaut, a moment touted by the UAE as a “milestone”. Alneyadi, 41, dubbed the “Sultan of Space” by his alma mater, became the first Arab astronaut to emb...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco on Monday inaugurated the country’s first laboratory for medical and industrial use of cannabis. In a statement, the Cooperative Bio Cannat said the lab in the northwestern city of Chefchaouen will be used to process cannabis in food and pharmaceutical industries. According to the statement, the lab obtained a per...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Nigeria and Rwanda have become the first African nations to sign space accords with the US to facilitate the return of humans to the moon by 2025. The signing of the Artemis Accords came on the sidelines of the three-day US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC. Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital [&hellip...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The first edition of Abu Dhabi Space Debate has kicked off in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Some 300 decision-makers and representatives of 47 international space institutions and agencies are attending the two-day event. The event focuses on three main topics: space sustainability, space accessibility and spac...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has postponed the launch of its rover to explore the moon for a second time. Rashid Rover, the Arab world’s first lunar mission, was originally scheduled to blast off on Wednesday, but was delayed for one day until Thursday before it was postponed once again. iSpace, a […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UAE has announced the postponement until Thursday of the launch of its spacecraft to explore the moon. “Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre announces new launch date for the Emirates Lunar Mission, tomorrow, 1st of December at 12:37 PM (UAE time),” or 0837GMT, the official Emirates news agency said in a Wednesday [&helli...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia will leave the International Space Station (ISS) project in two years, the head of the Russian Space Corporation (Roscosmos) Yury Borisov has said. After 2024, it was decided to leave the ISS, Borisov added. He, however, said Russia would continue to fulfill its obligations in the program. During a meeting with [&hel...
On Tuesday, the U.S. House Intelligence Committee received a classified briefing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and Unidentified Flying Objects. It’s the first time in a half-century the two are being addressed as potential foreign threats to the nation. Committee member Congressman Rick Crawford said intelligence agencies must prevent poten...
Researchers have discovered the first known interstellar meteor to hit Earth, according to a recently released United States Space Command document. An interstellar meteor is a space rock originating from outside the solar system. The meteor, known as CNEOS 2014-01-08, crash-landed along the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea on Jan. 8, 2014...
U.S. biotechnology company Moderna plans to invest more than $500 million in a vaccine and drug manufacturing facility in Kenya. Leaders of the African nation signed a memorandum of understanding with Moderna on Monday in the capital Nairobi. The new facility will help address the problem of vaccine inequity experienced across Africa. Kenyan P...
