UAE – Spaceflight Now

Emirates Mars Mission arrives in Japan for launch preparations

May 5, 2020

The Arab world’s first Mars probe has arrived at its launch site in Japan after officials navigated coronavirus-related quarantine protocols and travel restrictions to ensure the spacecraft can launch on time in July.

Airborne researchers catch up with falling space debris

November 16, 2015

Stationed aboard a Gulfstream business jet over the Indian Ocean, an international team of scientists observed a mysterious fragment of space junk falling through Earth’s atmosphere Friday years after it was discarded on a deep space mission.

Roving chunk of space junk plunging back to Earth

November 12, 2015

A long-lost fragment of space debris is falling toward Earth for a searing re-entry over the Indian Ocean on Friday, but the widely-watched event poses no risk to people.

UAE details ambitious plan for Martian weather satellite

May 8, 2015

Scientists from the United Arab Emirates have announced the Arab world’s first Mars probe will launch in July 2020 and collect global measurements of the Martian atmosphere.