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Saturday, 11 June 2022 15:39

A delegation from the Ministry of Defense Visits SAASST

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) opens its doors to welcome a delegation from the UAE Ministry of Defense, led by Colonel Khaled Al-Dhaheri, on June 09, 2022. The visit detailed how goal-oriented SAASST is and its achievements that led them to become one of the leading Space Academies in the MENA Region.

With the attendance of faculty and interns alike, research assistants from different departments were invited to speak about their respective labs, such as the Radio Astronomy Laboratory, CubeSat Laboratory, and the Space Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. The session finished with a discussion of strategic projects the center hopes to achieve, i.e., space port capabilities, an astronaut training center, and a rocket propulsion center. The collaboration of the Ministry of Defense with SAASST would highly benefit the academy in terms of funding and gaining connections worldwide.