UAE starts Lunar Mission project, names rover as ‘Rashid’

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VIDEO: UAE starts Lunar Mission project, names rover as ‘Rashid’

The UAE will be the 4th country in the world to carry out moon exploration missions and the 1st in the Arab world.

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The UAE aims to land its Rashid rover on the Moon by hitching a ride with a Japanese mission next year.

The Arab world’s first Moon mission was announced in 2020, with an initial launch date of 2024.

Now, the Emirates has unveiled a partnership to bring its lunar ambitions forward by two years.

A deal with Japan's iSpace means the rover will be loaded on board its lander, which will be launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

Moon mission: UAE aims to land Rashid rover on lunar surface by 2022 | The National

Emirates mission will hitch a ride when a Japanese spacecraft blasts off next year

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Good luck with landing on the Moon, after all the success with the Hope Mars mission recently, I hope that the Moon lander will be another success for the UAE.

 

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Japanese ispace lander to carry UAE moon rover to lunar surface in 2022

The Rashid rover will be delivered to the moon by ispace's HAKUTO-R lander.

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UAE's Moon mission on track for October launch

The UAE will attempt to land a rover on the Moon in October, the chief of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre said on Tuesday.

The Arab world's first Moon mission was announced in 2020, with a launch date set for 2024.

However, the Emirates was able to secure an earlier flight when it partnered with Japan's ispace to use its Hakuto-R lander to deliver the rover to the lunar surface this year.

Salem Al Marri, the director general of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, confirmed the rover would launch in October.

“We plan to launch our first rover, which will be the first object from the Arab world to land on another celestial body,” he said.

“We will be landing on the Moon in October of this year.”

Engineers at the UAE space centre are assembling the Rashid rover.

UAE's Moon mission on track for October launch | The National

Japanese lander that will carry the Rashid rover to the lunar surface is nearly ready

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UAE's Moon mission on track for October launch

The UAE will attempt to land a rover on the Moon in October, the chief of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre said on Tuesday.

The Arab world's first Moon mission was announced in 2020, with a launch date set for 2024.

However, the Emirates was able to secure an earlier flight when it partnered with Japan's ispace to use its Hakuto-R lander to deliver the rover to the lunar surface this year.

Salem Al Marri, the director general of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, confirmed the rover would launch in October.

“We plan to launch our first rover, which will be the first object from the Arab world to land on another celestial body,” he said.

“We will be landing on the Moon in October of this year.”

Engineers at the UAE space centre are assembling the Rashid rover.

UAE's Moon mission on track for October launch | The National

Japanese lander that will carry the Rashid rover to the lunar surface is nearly ready

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I hope that after the successful Mars mission the UAE can follow up by landing a rover on the Moon.

 

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United Arab Emirates to launch first lunar rover in November

The United Arab Emirates will launch its first lunar rover in November

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