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Sarwat Nasir

Sarwat Nasir

Space Editor
UAE
Sarwat is the space editor at The National and oversees the space coverage at the organisation. She has a keen interest in human spaceflight, private space industry and interplanetary missions. A graduate of Murdoch University, she joined The National in 2020. She previously worked with Khaleej Times and 7Days covering space and education.
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The first images that show the moment Nasa’s Dart spacecraft crashed into an asteroid have been released. Photo: Italian Space Agency / Nasa
Remarkable images show moment Nasa’s Dart spacecraft smashed into asteroid

The collision was part of the world's first planetary defence test

USSeptember 28, 2022
Chocolate truffles would be a welcome addition to astronauts' diets.
Scientists are making 'foul' astronaut food taste better. Here's what they created

From cultivated meat to nutrition-filled chocolates, companies are tapping into the space hospitality market

WorldSeptember 26, 2022
This computer-generated handout image released by the European Space Agency on May 15, 2015 shows the impact of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) projectile on the binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos observed by the AIM (Asteroid Impact Mission) satellite. AFP
How to watch a Nasa spacecraft crash into an asteroid live

The collision will take place at a speed of 24,000 kilometres an hour

The AmericasSeptember 25, 2022
The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket sits on launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 24, 2022. - NASA has called off the scheduled September 27 launch of its historic uncrewed mission to the Moon due to a tropical storm that is forecast to strengthen as it approaches Florida. "NASA is forgoing a launch opportunity. . . and preparing for rollback (from the launchpad), while continuing to watch the weather forecast associated with Tropical Storm Ian," NASA said on Saturday. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Tropical storm Ian delays Nasa's Artemis 1 Moon rocket launch attempt

The rocket could possibly be removed from the launch pad and taken back to the Vehicle Assembly Building

WorldSeptember 25, 2022
Sarah Inam. Photo: Stephen Nash
Friends of UAE resident Sarah Inam call for justice over killing in Pakistan

Tributes paid to Abu Dhabi-based economist found dead in Islamabad

UAESeptember 25, 2022
This image released by Nasa on September 6 shows the Tarantula Nebula star-forming region, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. AP
James Webb Space telescope is facing technical issues

MRS observations by the $10 billion instrument have been paused

USSeptember 21, 2022
The first close-up image of Mars captured by the Arab-made Hope probe. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid / Twitter
Simulation of UAE’s Mars 2117 city to be built in the metaverse

Users will be given a glimpse of life on the Red Planet

UAE in SpaceSeptember 21, 2022
Sarah Al Amiri, UAE Minister of State for Public Education and Advanced Technology and chairwoman of the UAE Space Agency, attends the Artemis Accords signatories’ meeting on behalf of the UAE. Photo: Sarah Al Amiri Twitter
Artemis Accords signatories meet for the first time

The US-led agreement outlines responsible space exploration

EuropeSeptember 19, 2022
Turkey signs a deal with Axiom Space to send its first astronaut into orbit next year. Photo: Mustafa Varank Twitter
Turkey aims to send its first astronaut to space in 2023

The historic mission will coincide with the nation's centenary

UAESeptember 19, 2022
Emirati engineers carry the Rashid rover inside a clean room in the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre on June 15, 2022. Photo: MBRSC
Launch window for UAE Moon mission revealed

Rashid rover is expected to launch between November 9 and 15

UAE in SpaceSeptember 19, 2022
Nasa Administrator Bill Nelson (left) and European Space Agency chief Josef Aschbacher at the International Astronautical Congress on September 18. Sarwat Nasir / The National
IAC 2022: Nasa confident Russia will co-operate with ISS retirement

The US space agency plans to de-orbit the ISS at the end of this decade, while Russia plans to build an independent one

EuropeSeptember 18, 2022
NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), with the Orion crew capsule perched on top, stands on launch complex 39B before its rescheduled debut test launch for the Artemis 1 mission, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U. S. September 1, 2022. REUTERS / Joe Skipper
French PM opens global space summit with call to tackle climate change

Elisabeth Borne was speaking at the opening day of the International Astronautical Congress in Paris

EuropeSeptember 18, 2022
Nasa's Perseverance rover has found possible signs of ancient life on Mars from rock samples it collected from an ancient river delta in the Jezero Crater. Photo: Nasa
Perseverance rover finds possible signs of ancient life on Mars

The Perseverance rover collected sedimentary rocks containing signs of organic matter

USSeptember 16, 2022
UAE and Chinese officials at the signing ceremony. The agreement paves the way for future projects between the two countries. Photo: MBRSC
China to help UAE land rover on Moon’s surface

The two countries signed an agreement on Friday

UAE in SpaceSeptember 16, 2022
An artist's impression of the Space Settlement Centre for research and simulation missions Oman plans to build. Photo: Oman News Agency
Oman plans space research centre for analogue missions and experiments

The Space Settlement Centre will have a futuristic look with linked 'space pods'

OmanSeptember 15, 2022
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