18 March 2016
President of ISA Against Avio Takeover
...clears the company’s purchase of the 35 percent of Arianespace owned by the French government, through the French space agency, CNES. Avio currently has a 3.4 percent shareholding in Arianespace, a position that European industry officials agree will...
06 October 2021
UAE aims to flyby Venus and land on an asteroid in new 5yr mission
...landing attempt in 2033; a feat only achieved by three other space agencies to date. Along the way, the UAE aims to flyby ...in the Emirates," said Ms Al Amiri, Chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency. "This can’t be done by going steady-state, this requires...
09 January 2019
New self-driving rovers being tested for Mars
... to further unlock Mars’ mysteries and I’m delighted that the UK is a key player in this cutting-edge field.” The UK Space Agency is the second largest European contributor to ExoMars – the first being Italy – having invested €287 (£258) million...
21 October 2019
Russia could join US-led Lunar Gateway programme
... to how Russia would take part. Sergey Krikalev, executive director for piloted spaceflights for the Russian space agency Roscosmos, shared a laugh over the question posed on social media and delivered by Pascale Ehrenfreund, incoming president...
13 July 2020
UAE's mission to Mars scheduled for launch tomorrow
... Mars – the spacecraft requirement is 477 W. Despite a gloomy weather forecast predicted for tomorrow, space officials, including the UAE Space Agency director-general and deputy project manager of the Emirates Mars Mission, are said to be attending...
09 February 2021
UAE Hope probe successfully enters Mars' orbit
...Minister of State for Advanced Technology and Chair of the UAE Space Agency, said: “Hope reaches Mars at a profound double anniversary: ... Lead for the mission at the UAE’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, said: “The science of the mission is enabled ...
