The United Arab Emirates (UAE) successfully launched its mission to Mars, called “Al Amal” or “Hope”, from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan on July 20. This is the first UAE space mission and the first Arab mission. to Mars, turning the world’s first launch countdown into Arabic at …
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The lab’s website is adorned with images of her and her colleagues combing rocks and sands in Antarctica, Australia and the Atacama Desert in Chile, looking for signs of ancient life. She is also a visiting scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, where she is part of a team …
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A helicopter ride over Mars? NASA is about to give it a try
Later this week, NASA plans to launch its fourth rover from Mars, Perseverance, on a six-month trip to the Red Planet. Perseverance will initiate a mission to collect samples of Martian soil that may have traces of ancient life, so that they can be returned to Earth by another mission …
Read More »Opening remarks by the WHO Director-General at the press conference on COVID-19
Good morning, good afternoon and good night. This Thursday marks six months since the WHO declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international interest. This is the sixth time that a global health emergency has been declared under the International Health Regulations, but it is easily the most serious. Almost …
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