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Barnawi becomes first Arab woman to go to space

Last week, SpaceX successfully launched 4 astronauts to the space station in its Falcon 9 rocket. 2 of the 4 astronauts were Arab astronauts and Rayyanah Barnawi became the first Arab woman to go to space. The group of astronauts reached the ISS on 21st May.

Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft wheeled in for launch

ISRO’s Chandrayaan 3 mission’s spacecraft was wheeled into the Satish Dhawan space center last week. The spacecraft consists of a lunar rover that will perform on-site experiments on the moon. The mission is scheduled to be launched in July this year.

SpaceX puts giant Arabsat in orbit

Last week SpaceX successfully put a large telecommunications satellite into the geostationary orbit. The satellite called BADR-8 is much heavier than regular satellites. Regular satellites are usually only 1000 kgs while BADR-8 is 4,500 kgs. The satellite is owned by Arabsat, a satellite communication organization. The satellite was put in orbit on 27th May using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

Hubble finds super rare blackhole in galaxy cluster

Last week NASA’s Hubble space telescope found an ultra-rare black hole in a galaxy cluster called Messier 4 located 7,000 light-years away from the Earth. The reason the new black hole is so rare is because it is an intermediate-mass black hole. These black holes have masses that can be anything between 100 to 100,000 times the mass of our sun. To know more about blackholes click here.