Analysis Space tech gives Gulf nations a launchpad for local talent Saudi Arabia aims to emulate UAE’s success In 1985, Sultan Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot, became the first Arab to go into space, flying aboard a US Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist. He was appointed chairman of the Saudi Space Commission in 2018 and although he […] June 13, 2022
Galactic ambition: the UAE’s mission to Mars is just the start Fuelled by government investment, the UAE’s burgeoning spacetech sector is making a bid for interplanetary domination May 20, 2022
