PODCAST: UAE in a minute for August 15, 2017

Making today's headlines: Alia Al Mansoori, Dana gas, Abu Dhabi Saracens and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center carrying Alia Al Mansoori's Genes in Space experiment to the International Space Station on Aug. 14, 2017 in {town}, Florida. 
(Scott A. Miller for The National)
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The Genes in space experiment has successfully launched carrying the dreams of Emirati teenager Alia Al Mansoori into space.

>Dreams of Emirati teenager Alia Al Mansoori launched into space

Dana Gas announced a profit in the second quarter lifted by squeezing investments and operational expenses.

>Dana Gas Q2 profits rocket

Steve Hamilton, from the Abu Dhabi Saracens rugby team, who has suffered from a series of concussion, will defy some medical advice, when he starts playing again, with the season starting next month.

>Concussion in rugby: Stephen Hamilton to defy medical advice and play on in pursuit of playing for UAE

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, visited the Airbus Plant in Hamburg.

>Dubai Ruler tours Airbus Plant in Hamburg - in pictures