The astronaut was received with a grand reception attended by the country’s leadership, AlNeyadi’s family as well as senior ministers and dignitaries
Dr Al Neyadi, who concluded his mission on September 4, spent six months in space, during which he conducted a range of significant experiments
The UAE astronaut will return home after successfully completing his debrief and recovery programme in the US
AlNeyadi successfully completed the longest Arab space mission aboard the International Space Station
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre is yet to announce the date of the astronaut’s return to the UAE
The country has emerged as a regional hub for space services, events, and specialised educational programmes in the space domain
The experiments covered topics including the cardiovascular system, epigenetics, plant biology, human life sciences, material science, sleep analysis and advanced exploration technologies
The Crew-6 safely splashed down on Earth in the early hours of September 4
The Emirati astronaut has begun his return journey home to Earth after spending six month aboard the International Space Station
The Emirati astronaut will begin his journey back to Earth from the International Space Station on Sunday, September 3
AlNeyadi along with his fellow astronauts will depart the ISS aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour on September 2
The end of summer has a triple treat in store which starts with Saturn appearing bright in the night followed by a Super Blue Moon and finally a comet
SpaceX’s Crew-6 who have been living on the ISS since March, will spend the next week welcoming the Crew-7 astronauts before returning to Earth
The integration of AI-driven sensors in Chandrayaan-3 was instrumental in ensuring a safe lunar touchdown
Operating under frigid temperatures, the mission will now grapple with unknown conditions and strange lunar topography
India becomes the first country to reach the Moon’s south pole and only the fourth country ever to land on the lunar surface
Luna-25 was scheduled to execute a soft landing on the south pole of the Moon on August 21
The lander module will descend to a lower orbit as it gets closer to the Moon’s surface
Sultan AlNeyadi will be brought back aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft which recently docked at the ISS
The suborbital ride from a New Mexico spaceport caps nearly two decades of development work for Virgin Galactic
The Dubai Astronomy Group is hosting a viewing event at Al Awir desert on Saturday, August 12, from 10pm to 3am
The experiment investigates the psychological impact on astronauts growing, tending, and consuming fresh produce during long-duration space missions
For the first time, Nokia is digging into the details of its lunar mission and explaining its reasons for voyaging to the Moon
Positions will include a secondment in Europe to gain experience with international space programmes
The outcomes of the experiment will add to the collection of hypnic and neuroscience data on the ISS
Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to the failed attempt in 2019 which aims to demonstrate the country’s capability in safely landing and roving the lunar surface
The company seeks to boost its investments in the coming years to enhance its fleet, including the potential launch of two new satellites
This comes as a result of the agency’s commitment to award at least 50 per cent of the overall contracted mission to private sector companies
This partnership showcases the technological advancement in locally manufacturing satellite components as the UAE builds a space industry
The Saudi Space Commission announced the successful separation of the SpaceX spacecraft carrying the two Saudi astronauts from the ISS