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The UAE has embarked on a mission to land a rover on an unexplored part of the Moon, it was announced on Tuesday. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, took to social media to announce that the country will send the "100 per cent Emirati-made" rover to the Moon in 2024.
.@HHShkMohd launches Emirates Lunar Mission. The project is part of the #UAE's space strategy and the recently launched @MBRSpaceCentre strategy 2021-2031. The rover has been named after the late Sheikh Rashid to honour his vision to develop #DubaiThe Rashid Rover - named after the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum to honour his vision to develop Dubai - will explore "areas of the Moon that have not been reached by previous missions", Sheikh Mohammed said.
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- Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) September 29, 2020
@HHShkMohd: We have launched the Emirates Lunar Mission, a 930 Emirati-made lunar rover that will land on the surface of the moon by 2024 in areas not yet reached by previous exploration missions. We named the rover "Rashid" in honor of the man who sparked Dubai's advancement. pic.twitter.com/atPF60majmA successful landing would put the UAE in a very exclusive list of countries that have landed missions on the Moon. Only three countries - the US, the erstwhile Soviet Union and China - have landed 20 of the 44 missions to the lunar surface till date. It will also will be the first ever Arab lunar mission. The announcement comes just two months after the UAE successfully launched the Arab world's first interplanetary mission, Hope probe to Mars.
- Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) September 29, 2020
The technical specifications and mobility capabilities for the first lunar rover in the Arab world... pic.twitter.com/wEaVSfTSMMRashid Rover specs
- Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) September 29, 2020
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