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Look up: Int’l Space Station will be visible over Qatar tonight

  • Victoria Scott
  • April 21, 2016
The International Space Station (ISS) will be visible to the naked eye for around four minutes when it passes over Doha this evening at 6:49pm.
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Qatar pledges support for international space exploration efforts

  • Peter Kovessy
  • February 23, 2016
Ali Khalfan Al-Mansouri made the remarks in a speech yesterday during a UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space meeting.
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Cloud over Qatar, as seen from space

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • November 3, 2015
Early this morning, NASA’s Scott J. Kelly shared the photo, saying the cloud over the country reminds him of the pillow he used to sleep on at night. Kelly is currently on a one-year mission to study the effects of space travel on humans.
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Qatar’s first zero-gravity flight experience postponed to next year

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • March 13, 2015
According to Swiss Space Systems (S3) ZeroG's website, the trips, which simulate weightlessness, will now be offered in Qatar sometime in the first half of 2016, instead of in April.
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Three Qatar residents shortlisted for Mars One mission

  • Doha News Team
  • May 6, 2014
The one-way trip involves a mission to establish the first human settlement on Mars. Only four out of the remaining 705 people remaining will be chosen for the 2024 journey.
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Es’HailSat turns attention to development of second satellite

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • March 23, 2014
Es'Hail 2, which is expected to launch at the end of 2016, is slated to boost capacity and increase television viewing options for residents across the Middle East and North Africa.
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At least one Qatar resident shortlisted for one-way Mars mission

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • January 3, 2014
An Indian expat in Qatar is among the 1,058 selected out of a pool of some 200,000 people as part of second rounds in a long selection process for the Mars One mission. Ultimately, four people will be chosen to live out the rest of their lives on the red planet.
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Report: 122 people from Qatar apply for historic trip to Mars

  • Doha News Team
  • September 14, 2013
Nearly a quarter million people around the world have applied for a chance to take a historic trip to Mars in 2023, including some 122 Qatar residents. But the odds…
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Qatar’s first satellite in space hits the airwaves

  • Omar Chatriwala
  • December 25, 2013
The locally-operated satellite began broadcasting channels last week and plans to air the 2014 Qatar Tennis Open in high definition.
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