LandSpace becomes the first Chinese firm to test a reusable rocket, believed to be key to China’s satellite constellations
Space Exploration
Latest in Space Exploration
Connectivity
From Thuraya to the Asteroid Belt: The UAE’s expanding universe of discovery
The UAE’s 25-year journey in space has helped shape the country’s growing scientific capability, which bodes well for the next era of exploration
European Space Agency
European space ambitions need Gulf partners
The ambition to be ‘strategically autonomous’ and shape its own future depends on catching up in an area where other powers, the U.S. and China most notably, are pulling ahead
GITEX
EXCLUSIVE: UAE to deliver Lunar Gateway Airlock, astronaut to join Artemis Mission by 2030
Hazza Al Mansouri tells Arabian Business the UAE will provide a critical airlock module to NASA’s Lunar Gateway and send an Emirati astronaut to commission it – in a historic first for the region
GITEX
UAE astronauts reveal ambitious space plans at GITEX EUROPE
Dubai’s flagship technology exhibition makes its European debut in Berlin, showcasing the UAE’s growing influence in global tech and space sectors
Connectivity
UAE’s Space42 opens Middle East’s first high altitude platform stations factory
The HAPS facility is part of Space42’s broader investments in vertically integrated manufacturing and data infrastructure
