SAASST History

    2013

    Beginning

    SAASST location as it was in September 2013. An empty desertic space. His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, early drawings of the planetarium drome.​

    2013

    The Location

    HE Prof. Hamid Al-Naimiy, the Chancellor of the University of Sharjah, visiting the location where SAASST is going to be built.​

    2014

    The Location

    His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, and Founder of the University of Sharjah, visit the location.​

    2014

    Ongoing Construction

    The ongoing construction of SAASST in 2014 with a site visit from His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, and Founder of the University of Sharjah. ​

    2014

    His Highness Follow-Up​

    His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, and Founder of the University of Sharjah, close follow-up and visits of the construction of the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology in 2014.​

    2014

    SAASST taking shape in late 2014 and early 2015 with a visit of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, and Founder of the University of Sharjah. ​

    2014

    On July 24, 2014, His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, and Founder of the University of Sharjah, visited the site along with His Excellency Prof. Hamid M.K. Al-Naimiy, Chancellor of the University of Sharjah, and several VIPs.​

    2015

    The Opening

    His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, and Founder of the University of Sharjah, opening of the Sharjah Center for Astronomy and Space Sciences Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology on May 07, 2015.​