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New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, celebrates with school children at the exact moment that the New Horizons spacecraft made the closest approach of Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule, early on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019.

Nasa spacecraft survives risky encounter with faraway world

WorldJanuary 02, 2019

Even travelling at the speed of light, images from New Horizon will take six hours to cross the void between the probe and its home planet. Nasa library

Nasa's New Horizons fly-by of distant world is no New Year's Day stunt

ScienceDecember 31, 2018

It is safe to celebrate this New Year's Eve as 2019 might not be as bad as you think. Victor Besa/The National

Not apocalypse now: why it is safe to ignore gloomy forecasts for 2019

ScienceDecember 29, 2018

An H-2A rocket, carrying a government information gathering radar satellite, lifts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima space centre on the Japanese island of Tanegashima in March, 2017. KhalifaSat will be launched from the same site on a similar rocket. Kyodo / Reuters

Final countdown for the UAE's first home-grown satellite

ScienceOctober 27, 2018

Decorated Nasa astronaut Charles Bolden is impressed by the UAE's space programme. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Nasa legend says UAE space missions will put it on the galactic map

ScienceOctober 25, 2018

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, pictured at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre earlier this year. Wam

Scientists carry out final safety checks on KhalifaSat ahead of launch

ScienceOctober 14, 2018

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa speaks after SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk announced him as the person scheduled to be the first private passenger on a trip around the moon. AP Photo/Chris Carlson

'Crazy' billionaire speaks of his plans for Moon mission

ScienceOctober 07, 2018

Japanese billionaire businessman, online fashion tycoon and art collector Yusaku Maezawa was revealed as the first tourist who will fly on a SpaceX rocket around the Moon. AFP

2018: A Space Oddity as billionaire pays to fly to Moon

ScienceSeptember 23, 2018

Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov takes part in an underwater training session in a pool at the Yuri Gagarin training centre outside Moscow in January 2014. AFP

Space camp: survival training in Russia for first UAE astronauts

ScienceSeptember 04, 2018

UAE to host international space conference

UAEAugust 08, 2018

A full Mars as seen through a telescope

Stargazers of the UAE, get ready to see Mars up close

ScienceJuly 31, 2018

Mr Branson's Virgin Galactic (pictured) says it has sold about 650 tickets aboard its own planned space voyages but has not set out a date for flights to start. / AFP

Amazon's Bezos to charge $200,000 for commercial space flights

TechnologyJuly 13, 2018

The Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan June 6, 2018. Reuters

The National is honoured by UAE Space Agency for news coverage

ScienceJuly 12, 2018

Emirati astronomer Thabet Al Qaissieh built Al Sadeem Observatory at his family's farm in Al Wathba. Antonie Robertson / The National

Emirati astronomer collaborates with NYUAD on black holes research

ScienceJune 18, 2018

The French space agency has opened an office in Abu Dhabi. UAE Space Agency

UAE Astronaut Programme announces shortlist of 95 candidates

ScienceJune 06, 2018

Dubai to host the International Conference of Space Operations in 2022

ScienceJune 03, 2018

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