DUBAI 18 April 2023: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced that the Rashid Rover, onboard the Hakuto-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander, is scheduled to land on the Moon on 25th April 2023 at […]
BEIJING 21 March 2021: China has completed feasibility studies of the fourth phase of its lunar exploration programme and is expected to build an international lunar research station on the moon’s south pole in the […]
SHARJAH 27 January 2021: The Sharjah Astronomical Observatory has detected rare sequential impacts on the Moon. After analysing the time of impacts and their relative positions, the team concluded that they are a series of […]
ABU DHABI 31 May 2019: Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi Al Dhaheri, Minister of Justice, has issued a decision setting up a moon-sighting committee to detect the beginning of the month of Shawwal, which will […]
UAE declares Monday first day of Ramadan ABU DHABI 5 May 2019: The UAE’s moon sighting committee today announced that Monday, May 6th, will be the first day of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Abu […]
ABU DHABI 29 April 2019: The International Astronomical Centre (IAC) has predicted the start of the Holy Month of Ramadan on May 6th in most of Islamic nations. The sighting of the crescent moon with […]