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  • Mars ahead! UAE’s Hope spacecraft spots Red Planet for 1st time

    The UAE's Hope probe launched from Japan toward Mars on July 19, representing the first time an Arab nation has gone beyond Earth's orbit. Now, the spacecraft is already one fifth of the way through its long journey, according to a statement from the program.

  • UAE Taps Space Diplomacy for Earthly Benefits

    The global space industry is currently valued at about US$350 billion and expected to inch towards US$1 trillion by 2040, with private sector involvement. Further, with a market value of US$30 billion, about 6,000 small satellites may be launched globally by 2030. To tap this investment, research and collaboration potential, the UAE passed a federal law on regulation of the space sector in 2018.

  • Qatar Airways seeks $5 billion compensation from Arab bloc over airspace ban

    Qatar Airways said the measures specifically targeted the airline and aimed to close its operations in the four countries, destroying the value of its investments and causing damage to its global operations.

  • Demand for office space to remain intact in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, CBRE says

    Demand for office space in the Arab world’s two biggest economies – Saudi Arabia and the UAE – will remain intact despite expectations of major changes to the workplace caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. There is a belief in the market that uncertainty and weak economic conditions will cause businesses to take up less office space as many employees opt to continue working from home.

  • Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. Have Entered Their Own Space Race

    The two Gulf kingdoms have made space part of far-reaching plans to modernize and diversify their economies. Their moves in this direction, though, haven’t prevented persistent accusations of human-rights abuses at home and criticism of their ongoing involvement in Yemen’s civil war. The question, for many, is whether there’s real substance to the drive for space, or if it’s intended mostly to revise global perceptions.

  • Saudi Space Commission gets UN listing

    Dr. Al-Sheikh also said that the Commission has completed the preparation of the national space strategy and the Space Regulation draft as well as a study to establish the Saudi Space Company and they have been submitted for review and approval.

  • ‘Seven Days in Space’ tells Prince Sultan’s story of fasting, praying in space

    "Seven Days in Space" opens a window on the experiences of five astronauts and their spaceship Discovery in 1985. But it is the author, whose writing is detailed and captivating, who relates his experiences and discoveries on a space voyage that shaped him into a humane leader. Prince Sultan Bin Salman, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Space Commission and the author, recollects that the time of his journey into space was during Ramadan, and reveals that this period also enhanced his closeness with the Almighty.

  • Analysis: Iran’s space launches are not a cover for missile work. Until they are

    Wednesday’s launch, however, was different from earlier ones in significant ways. First, it was not the civilian Iranian Space Agency, but the Revolutionary Guard Corps that conducted it. It’s an entirely separate development track—one that was thought to be dormant since 2011, but that has actually quietly continued.

  • A hunt for any storage space turns urgent as oil glut grows

    With oil depots that normally store crude oil onshore filling to the brim and supertankers mostly taken, energy companies are desperate for more space. The alternative is to pay buyers to take their U.S. crude after futures plummeted to a negative $37 a barrel on Monday. A topsy-turvy market that has oil prices for October delivery at $31 a barrel has oil firms anxious to sock away millions of barrels now to sell at a profit later.

  • 25 spectacular photos of the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Middle East taken from space

    Much of the UAE and wider region looks beautiful from ground level as you stroll through the wilderness of the desert or along parts of the practically untouched coastline. But the view from above can be even more extraordinary.