First Flight On Mars

On April 19, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter became the first aircraft to fly on another planet.

Our most recent package details the historic first flight of the 4-lb. robotic rotorcraft, which lasted 39.1 seconds, and its follow-up venture on April 22, and looks ahead to its future test program. The technology lays the groundwork for aerial exploration of Mars, an aeronautical feat given the air density of Mars is less than 1% of the density on Earth. See below for more.

“How do we use aerial mobility in the future on Mars, to help not just robotic exploration, but to help human exploration?”
Ellen Stofan
Smithsonian
Aug 12, 2021
The UAE has successfully launched its Mars mission from Japan's Tanegashima Space Centre after two delays last week due to bad weather.
Aug 12, 2021
The Board of Directors of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) held a meeting chaired by Talal Humaid Belhoul, vice president, MBRSC to discuss developments related to future projects at the Centre, aligned with the strategic plan of the UAE’s National Space Programme.
Aug 12, 2021
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company, a UAE global satellite operator, has selected Airbus to build Thuraya 4-NGS, the next generation mobile telecommunications system that will drive the continued advancement of Thuraya’s L-band business.
Aug 12, 2021
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have signed a strategic agreement to train four Emirati astronauts in NASA.
Aug 12, 2021
The United Arab Emirates has announced a new satellite project called MBZ-SAT, which will become the second Emirati satellite to be fully developed and built by a team of Emirati engineers after KhalifaSat.
Aug 12, 2021
Delegates from the US Embassy, including Thomas Ulrich Brechbhul, Counselor of the U.S. Department of State and John Rakolta Jr., U.S. Ambassador to the UAE Duba,i have visited the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in Dubai.
Aug 12, 2021
Students from the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) have successfully launched their MeznSat satellite, which will be used to collect data on greenhouse gas concentrations and monitor the occurrence of red tide algae in the Arabian Gulf.
Aug 12, 2021
Saudi Arabia successfully launched two satellites yesterday from the Baikonur Base in Kazakhstan on board a Russian Soyuz 2 rocket.