The UAE Space Agency has announced the details of the new UAE Space Law issued by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The announcement was made during an introductory workshop for the UAE Space Law, organized by the UAE Space Agency and held in Abu Dhabi. Previously, the law was passed by the UAE Cabinet, headed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, in late 2019.

Thursday, 27 February 2020 09:54

SAASST Participation in the 11th ESIG Meeeting

The 11th Emirates Space and Innovation Group (ESIG) was held on Feb. 27, 2020, at the Krypto Labs (Masdar City, Abu Dhabi). The meeting is an occasion for UAE Space Agency university research groups to expose their research and update the UAESA on the advance of their funded projects. The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) attended the meeting with a large group of its researchers to showcase their latest results and also to showcase SAASST’s new systems.

Friday, 28 February 2020 09:52

SAASST Lunar Impacts Observations

A new program to observe lunar impacts has just started at the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology. Mr. Mohamed Talafha, SAASST observatory specialist along with two University of Sharjah students, Firoz Abdul Aziz Chogle (U19100739) and Arya Pratap Rajawat (U19100855), conducted the first observation on Feb. 28, 2020. SAASST has just installed a new 3-meter dome equipped with a 14-inch Meade telescope along with several sensitive instruments to perform this task.

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology has just finished installing a brand new satellite tracking ground station as part of its CubeSat Laboratory program. The ground station is to be used to communicate with the future Sharjah-Sat-1 CubeSat planned to be launched at the end of 2020 or Q1-2021.

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST) at the University of Sharjah received Dr. Daniel Moraetis from the College of Sciences in a lecture entitled: “Soil: Is It a History or a Story of Our Times?.” The lecture explored several elements related to how humanities dealt with harsh environments on Earth and how they survived.

Stemming from its goal of serving the local community and supporting the scientific and knowledge development of students in the UAE, the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) received several students from the Safia Bint Hayy Elementary School based in Al Fujairah. The students presented a project they worked on that aims to build a habitable Emirati city highly competent in the field of space technology and developing knowledge and scientific research as well as space application.

Wednesday, 05 February 2020 20:11

Wings of Imagination

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST) at the University of Sharjah organized a highly informative and engaging lecture under the title “Wings of Imagination” as part of its monthly series of public awareness of space sciences and astronomy lectures held on the third Wednesday of every month. Ms. Salma Subhi, Research Assistant at the Meteorite Center at SAASST, took the attendees on a journey that explored the ancient imaginations of space, the concept of imagination and how it inspired creativity in the astronomy and space field development and applications, as well as how imagination stimulates deep thinking and finding answers to the creation of the vast Universe in which we reside.

Wednesday, 05 February 2020 20:10

SAASST Receives a Delegation from Mexico

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) received on Wednesday, February 5th, 2020, a delegation from Mexico. Their visit included an introduction to the Academy and the laboratories it houses such as the CubeSat Laboratory, the Meteorite Center, the Space Weather, and Ionosphere Laboratory, the Sharjah Optical Observatory, Radio Astronomy Laboratory, and the High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory, as well as the ongoing research projects including the CubeSat to be launched by the end of 2020, the 40-m Radio Interferometer that includes three 5-meter dishes, and the UAE Meteor Monitoring Network.

Saturday, 01 February 2020 20:09

Array-Type Radio Telescopes

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST) at the University of Sharjah received Dr. Aquib Moin from the Physics Department (United Arab Emirates University) to give two lectures: (1) at SAASST entitled “Array-Type Radio Telescopes, and (2) at the University of Sharjah Campus entitled “Observational Studies of Circinus X-1”. The first lecture explored the different uses of radio interferometers while the second emphasized on the neutron star X-ray binary, Circinus X-1.

Saturday, 18 January 2020 20:08

Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST) at the University of Sharjah received Dr. Naslim Neelamkodan from the Physics Department (United Arab Emirates University) to give two lectures on “Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud,”, one at SAASST on Jan. 18, and the other at the University of Sharjah Campus on Jan. 19, 2020.  Dr. Naslim discussed the different stages of star formation for different types of stars with an emphasize on the Large Magellanic Cloud.