Sarah Sabry set to be first Egyptian to travel to space
Sabry helps Egyptian Space Agency build first analogue research station in Africa
Latest in Tag: space Highlight
Latest in Tag: space
Japan’s Hayabusa2 space probe delivers first samples of gas from space
Hayabusa2 returning to earth and the capsule possibly containing samples of soil, rocks and gas it has collected from Ryugu now sees its mission completed.
Astronomers report new findings on dark energy
Dark energy is believed to drive expansion of the universe. With a better understanding, mankind will have a sense of past and future evolution of universe
Egypt needs more private capital – and that’s everyone’s responsibility
As developed market interest rates stall or fall and the inflation-adjusted returns on most sovereign debt drops to negative territory once again – the global search for yield by institutional investors is as urgent as it has ever been. This, as much as anything, is driving the huge flow of institutional capital into private investments.
NASA twin study: Genes change in space
After spending 340 days in space, coming back to Earth feels like having “the flu,” astronaut Scott Kelly said as NASA published results of a study involving Kelly and his twin. It took months for Kelly to recover.Astronaut Scott Kelly experienced many changes during his 340-day stay at the International Space Station (ISS), ranging from …
China unveils plans to launch man-made moon into space
China has made public its plans to launch an ‘artificial moon’ by 2020. It’s hoped the light source will replace streetlamps and lower exorbitant electricity costs in the country’s rural areas.China is set to launch into orbit a huge space mirror, which has been specifically designed to reflect sunlight back to Earth, the state-owned China …
Space, time and the Elbphilharmonie
Music is the most ephemeral of the arts: hardly has a note sounded out, and it’s gone. But sounds from the opening of the Elbphilharmonie are still going through the head of DW music editor Rick Fulker.My seat was in one of the balconies the equivalent of several storeys above the stage. The vertical quality …
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Korean band transcends time and space, teleports Egyptian audience to South Korea
In celebration of the 9th Korea-Arab Friendship Caravan, Al-Gomhouria Theatre hosted the Gyeonggi Provincial Dance Company last week. The event was hosted by the Korea-Arab Society, under the auspices of the ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Korea. “The Gyeonnggi Provincial” is a dance institution that was originally created to preserve the Korean …
ISS astronaut Tim Peake apologizes for dialing wrong Earth number from space
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has said he accidentally dialed the wrong person from space, asking “Hello, is this planet Earth?” He later went on Twitter to apologize to the woman.
Bad weather conditions delay US shipment to International Space Station
Bad weather conditions over Florida stopped NASA from launching its Cygnus spacecraft to send supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). The next attempt will be in less than 24 hours from the failed launch. NASA was intending to send its first shipment of critical supplies in almost eight months to the International Space Station …
Bacteria in space – ‘You cannot just open the window’
Are the microbes found in the ISS harmful to astronauts’ health? The German Aerospace Center’s Ralf Möller breaks down the bacteria – and explains how to create a cleaner spaceship. DW: What kinds of bacteria are inside the International Space Station? Ralf Möller: Staphylococcus species have been found on the skin. And they will be …
Omar Samra announces latest challenge
Omar Samra will attempt “Adventurers Grand Slam”, a challenge involving climbing seven summits and skiing the North and South Poles
From the stars to planet Earth: Eric Garner, Ferguson, and injustice in America
We all bear the burdens of the crimes and sufferings of both our ancestors and our neighbors, and the people that will one day populate the surface and caves of Mars are the same ones bearing the cultural traumas of our dark and bloody roots.
Omar Samra only Egyptian and Arab to qualify for space travel
Egyptian adventurer wins trip to space
Indian mission to Mars blasts off successfully
After 44 minutes, applause broke out in the tense control room as navigation ships in the South Pacific reported that the spacecraft had successfully entered orbit around Earth.
Omar Samra qualifies for Orlando and hopes to represent Egypt in space
Samra is an adventurer, mountaineer, entrepreneur and inspirational speaker. He is the first Egyptian to climb Mount Everest; and also the first Egyptian to complete the 7 Summits challenge on 31 May 2013, climbing the highest mountains on all seven continents.
On blasting Morsi into space
Egyptians have done it again. After ousting a dictator two years ago, now they are sending their first elected civilian president into space. President Mohamed Morsi is now sitting in first place in Axe’s competition to send one civilian to space, an adventurous soul seeking a new frontier. Voting is required and whoever gets the …
6 April wants to send Morsi into space
Group offers novel way to protest against the President
Egyptians compete to go into space
A competition is currently under way that has revived the genuine dream for many, because the prize is a trip into space
Iran sends monkey into space
Iran’s space programme deeply unsettles western nations, which fear it could be used to develop ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads they suspect are being developed in secret.