November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... manufacturers and launcher systems winning international competitions in Qatar, Turkey, Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Japan has been shy of announcing its industrial policy for space for many years Although Japanese...
May 2019
Growing Australia’s space industry
..., there are significant opportunities to build the sector in Australia. Anthony Murfett (left) with Director General of the UAE Space Agency, His Excellency Dr Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi, after the two agencies signed an MoU in February 2019...
July 2020
Trailblazing STEM education
... the non-profit world, Mr Griesmer held positions in New York City, Alexandria, Egypt, and Abu Dhabi, UAE, in banking, economic development and large scale infrastructure construction, respectively. Editor’s note: this article uses the...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... new Space Race, countries including the United States, Europe, Russia, China, India, Japan and the UAE are looking at ways of further exploring the deep space environment. But what of commercial interests? As well as standalone...
October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... human trafficking and gender inequality. Mrs Loeb has received the title of Champion of Tolerance from the UAE Ministry of Tolerance in 2018. She strives to empower women, help youth worldwide and raise awareness to achieve the...
October 2020
Connecting the global space community
... three of its Tiangong programme, and a number of innovative private commercial spaceflight initiatives. Engineers at work on UAE’s Hope satellite which was launched to Mars in July. Exploring space provides an opportunity to work together toward...