Janice Ponce de Leon

Staff Reporter

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Category 4 cyclone intensifies near Arabian Sea

The Met Office said Cyclone Kyarr will surge over the eastern coast of UAE by Monday night

Cyclone Kyarr moving towards the Arabian Sea.

Students from 191 countries battle it out

FIRST Global Challenge helps bring students from 191 countries together

Youth battle it out in Dubai to “clean oceans” with robots

#UAEinSpace: How is Hazzaa doing?

He is ready to conduct his scientific experiments as planned, says Hamad Obaid AlMansoori

Emirati astronaut, Hazzaa AlMansoori during his meeting with the Chairman of MBRSC, HE Hamad Obaid AlMansoori, the Director General HE Yousuf Hamad AlShaibani, and Salem AlMarri, the head of the UAE Astronaut Programme and Saeed Karmostaji, Astronauts’ Office manager, at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City in Moscow

How hot is it in space? Hazza answers questions

Zero gravity environment helps render accurate results in experiments, he says

Hazzaa Al Mansoori on the ISS as he undergoes experiments to study bone condition, body composition and the endocrine system.

First Emirati astronaut and team enter Space station

"We reached safely, thank God. Hello to all my people in UAE": Hazzaa AlMansoori

Hazzaa AlMansoori arrives at the International Space Station.

UAE in Space: All you need to know about the trip

Got questions about the UAE’s trip to the International Space Station? Here's your answers

Hazzaa AlMansoori

First Emirati in space speaks to Gulf News

UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri says he’s ready for lift off

One-on-one with First Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansoori

All systems go: September 25 Hazzaa's lift-off

Rocket ready, verticalised at Gagarin's Start launch pad No. 1 in Baikonur

The Soyuz booster rocket FG with the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft is mounted on the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome.

This is the rocket taking the UAE astronaut to space

It's the same launch site where Russian cosmonaut Gagarin blasted off to space in 1961

Hazza Al Mansouri

UAE in Space: Getting the rocket ready for ISS

The Soyuz FG will hold the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft Al Mansoori will use on his trip

The Soyuz FG rocket with the UAE flag

We are with you in your mission!

UAE students have expressed their pride in the country’s first Emirati astronaut

Students to Astro Hazza: “We are with you in your mission!”

UAE in Space: How Hazza will live on ISS

Here’s a peek into the exciting and challenging living conditions on ISS

Hazza Al Mansouri flashes a thumbs up as he runs through procedures aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft during an initial Soyuz vehicle fit check.

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