What’s the next giant leap for the Arab world’s space ambitions? – The National

What’s the next giant leap for the Arab world’s space ambitions? – The National

Arab countries have been busy with a rush of space activities in the past few years.

Emirati and Saudi astronauts have joined forces in orbit, Oman is possibly building the Middle East's first spaceport and Kuwait and Bahrain are developing nanosatellites.

But Arab space agencies hope that these are only the first steps in what is expected to be a long-term space exploration programme by the region.