A momentous occasion as the first Arab Female Astronaut, Rayyanah Barnawi travels into space CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., — Two Saudi astronauts, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni are part of the AX-2 space mission which launched today at 22:37 BST / 21:37 GMT. The mission consists of four astronauts all travelling towards the International Space Station (ISS) to conduct ground-breaking scientific research…
Month: May 2023
Bayanat, Yahsat and ICEYE announce an ambitious program to broaden commercial opportunities across the UAE space-ecosystem
Abu Dhabi — Bayanat, an ADX listed public company and leading provider of AI-powered geospatial solutions, and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), the UAE’s flagship satellite solutions provider (ADX: YAHSAT), announced today a comprehensive Space Program aimed at building national satellite remote sensing and Earth Observation (EO) capabilities within the UAE to commercially…
NASA Selects Blue Origin for Astronaut Mission to the Moon
KENT, WA. — NASA has awarded a NextSTEP-2 Appendix P Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) contract to Blue Origin. Blue Origin’s National Team partners include Lockheed Martin, Draper, Boeing, Astrobotic, and Honeybee Robotics. Under this contract, Blue Origin and its National Team partners will develop and fly both a lunar lander that can make a precision landing anywhere on the…
Partnering to Win: Space Systems Command completes final delivery of second U.S. Space Force Hosted Payload to Japan
Lt. Col. Brian Fredrickson, Space Domain Awareness Delta program manager of Space Systems Command’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System Hosted Payload (QZSS-HP), Capt. Alex Woodard (left), deputy program manager and Capt. Jacob Schneider (right), chief engineer, Hosted Payloads, along with representatives from the Japanese National Space Policy Secretariat, mark the successful delivery of the second of two…
LiveEO and Capella Space Partner to bring High-Speed, High-Resolution SAR Satellite Insights to Asset Managers
The collaboration will integrate 24/7, all-weather Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data into LiveEO’s disaster response solutions
Rocket Lab Announces First Quarter 2023 Financial Results, Issues Guidance For Continued Growth In Second Quarter 2023
LONG BEACH, Calif. — Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today shared the financial results for fiscal first quarter 2023, ended March 31, 2023. Rocket Lab founder and CEO, Peter Beck, said: “Rocket Lab started the year strong with three successful…