Dubai pupil Alia Al Mansoori's Genes in Space experiment was carried up to the International Space Station on a Falcon 9 rocket in August. Scott A. Miller / The National
Dubai pupil Alia Al Mansoori's Genes in Space experiment was carried up to the International Space Station on a Falcon 9 rocket in August. Scott A. Miller / The National
Space year in review: moon and Mars recapture human imagination
45 years after the last man walked on the moon, private enterprises such as SpaceX are replacing nations as the top players in space travel and the UAE embarks on training its own astronauts