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UAE will become the first Arab country to host the International Astronautical Congress
Hope probe sent back an image of the Cerberus Fossae, an area on the planet known for Marsquakes . Hope Mars Mission
The UAE s Hope probe has captured more than 825 images of Mars. A new one showing the solar system s largest volcano, Olympus Mons, was released on February 14. Courtesy: Emirates Mars Mission
Mars science readings that showed gases present in Mars atmosphere captured by Hope probe s ultraviolet spectrometer. Courtesy: Emirates Mars Mission
Surface and atmospheric temperature readings collected by the UAE s Hope probe. Courtesy: Emirates Mars Mission
On February 14, the UAE s Hope probe beamed back its first Mars image. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed Twitter
Artemis, Orion and the quest to get humans to the moon again
A virtual tour of European Service Modules headed for the moon on NASA s human spaceflight program Artemis is not what it seems. Astronauts will fly to the moon and an orbiting base but it s gentlemen first, please.
A cleanroom is a surreal space inhabited almost exclusively by enthusiastic men
If you ve ever been on a tour of a cleanroom a sterile environment where engineers build and test satellites and other spacecraft you will know it s a pretty surreal experience.
You re standing there, starring up at a rough and unfinished-looking object, seemingly wrapped in kitchen aluminum foil, with wires and solar panels sticking out at various angles and it s tough imagining what the thing will actually do when it s in an operational environment.
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Rathsman, meanwhile, said she would speak but only after the official announcement on December 17. Until those plans were nobbled by ESA.
As for the deafening silence we received from Pascale Ehrenfreund, president of the International Astronautical Federation and former head of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) this writer s not quite sure what to make of that.
Suffice to say, Ehrenfreund s departure from DLR earlier this year was shrouded in a similar amount of confusion and conspiracy as Wörner s upcoming departure from ESA one speaks of a lack of support but not much more.