Dubai / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has confirmed the installation of the Soyuz FG on the Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Pad No. 1, in Kazakhstan, in preparation for the September 25 mission. The Soyuz FG will carry the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft, in which Hazzaa Al Mansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, will be launched to the International Space Station. ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri is carrying the hopes of the nation on his shoulders, said Dr. Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills and Chairman of the UAE Space Agency. The historic mission of Al Mansouri, who is the first Emirati astronaut to travel to the ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday launched the Global Food Technology Challenge. The competition is the largest of its kind that seeks to develop innovative solutions for food production and management in the UAE. The Challenge was launched in the presence of ...