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Sarwat Nasir

Sarwat Nasir

Space Editor
UAE
Sarwat is the space editor at The National and oversees the space coverage at the organisation. She has a keen interest in human spaceflight, private space industry and interplanetary missions. A graduate of Murdoch University, she joined The National in 2020. She previously worked with Khaleej Times and 7Days covering space and education.
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A Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifts off with a crew of six in December, 2021. Reuters
Meet Blue Origin's first space tourism passengers since explosion last year

Six customers will be blasting off to the edge of space on May 19

SpaceMay 15, 2024
-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023 -- SpaceX's Starship rocket launches from Starbase during its second test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 18, 2023. - SpaceX on November 18, 2023, carried out the second test launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever built that Elon Musk hopes will one day colonize Mars, while NASA awaits a modified version to land humans on the Moon. It comes after a first attempt to fly the spaceship in its fully-stacked configuration back in April ended in a spectacular explosion over the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) / NO USE AFTER JANUARY 31, 2024 23:00:00 GMT - AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023 - AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023
SpaceX prepares Starship for next test flight in '3 to 5 weeks'

The billionaire said the fourth flight test could be in three to five weeks

SpaceMay 14, 2024
The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, glow on the horizon at St. Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay on the North East coast, England, Friday, May 10, 2024. Brilliant purple, green, yellow and pink hues of the Northern Lights were reported worldwide, with sightings in Germany, Switzerland, London, and the United States and Canada. (Owen Humphreys / PA via AP)
The Carrington Event and other solar storms since 1859

Recent geomagnetic disturbance is a reminder of the influence the Sun has over the planet

SpaceMay 13, 2024
Jupiter is 11 times wider than Earth and has a gravitational pull 318 times stronger. Reuters
How Jupiter acts as Earth's 'bodyguard' against cosmic threats

The gas giant captures debris that is a potential threat to the blue marble and other inner planets

SpaceMay 11, 2024
Shareef Al Romaithi is part of Nasa's Human Exploration Research Analog mission, taking place from May 10 to June 24, 2024. The National
Emirati pilot looking forward to ‘walking on Mars’ during Nasa mission

Shareef Al Romaithi will start a 45-day simulation mission to the Red Planet on Friday

SpaceMay 09, 2024
A James Webb Space Telescope image shows the quasar used in the MIT researchers' study into ancient supermassive black holes. Photo: MIT / Nasa
Ancient black holes grew faster than host galaxies, study suggests

The MIT findings deepen the age-old question of what came first: the galaxy or black hole?

SpaceMay 09, 2024
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, is prepared for launch of the Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U. S. , May 5, 2024. REUTERS / Joe Skipper
Boeing's Starliner capsule set for next launch attempt this week

The craft, which has been in development for more than 10 years, hit a setback on Tuesday due to a rocket valve fault

SpaceMay 07, 2024
The Virgin Galactic flight will carry four passengers. Photo: Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic to launch its next space tourism flight in June

It could be the company's last flight before it begins development of its next-generation Delta spaceships

SpaceMay 05, 2024
Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore at the Nasa Shuttle Landing Facility in Titusville, Florida, in April. EPA
Nasa's Suni and Butch to blast off in Boeing's first human space flight

Beginning commercial operations would help Boeing transport Nasa astronauts and private clients to the ISS

SpaceMay 02, 2024
The Chang'e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket combination sit atop the launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan province, China. Reuters
China's mission to retrieve soil samples from Moon's dark side

It would be the first time samples are brought back from the side hidden from Earth

SpaceApril 30, 2024
Astronauts Ye Guangfu, centre, Li Cong, right, and Li Guangsu attend a press conference in Jiuquan, Gansu province, China. EPA
Shenzhou-18: Three Chinese astronauts blast off to orbiting laboratory

It is the seventh mission to the Tiangong Space Station

SpaceApril 25, 2024
An artist's impression of the Voyager 1 spacecraft entering interstellar space. Photo: Nasa
What Voyager 1's latest data tells us about interstellar space

Engineers hear from the longest-operating spacecraft for the first time in five months

SpaceApril 24, 2024
The pink moon sets behind the Balmoral Clock and Edinburgh Castle on Wednesday. PA
When and where to see April's full pink moon in UAE

The full moon is set to be visible for three days

SpaceApril 24, 2024
A man drinks water during a heatwave in Dhaka as temperatures soar across the country. EPA
Aid agency head raises alarm as Bangladesh 'hotter than Abu Dhabi'

Lack of drinking water and closure of schools due to heatwaves and adverse weather is deepening the crisis

ClimateApril 24, 2024
Emirati astronaut Dr Sultan Al Neyadi, Minister of State for Youth Affairs, with Suhail – his trusty space-travelling mascot – in the International Space Station. Photo: Dr Sultan Al Neyadi
UAE investment in space sector nearly doubles to Dh40bn since 2015

Commercial spending in the industry has grown about a third in a year

SpaceApril 23, 2024
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