Emirates sends a probe to the moon

According to IRNA’s Digital Journal, Hamad Al Marzooqi told the National, an Emirati state-run newspaper, on Monday that the “Rashid” lunar rover, named after the ruling family of Dubai, will launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida between November 18 and November 24. will be launched into space.

This probe will be launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and will be placed on the moon by a Japanese space lander in March.

The Washington Post quoted al-Marzooqi as saying: “We have completed the lunar rover tests and we are satisfied with the results.” The rover is adapted to the lander and is ready for launch.

According to Digital Journal, this moon exploration mission is part of the UAE’s broader strategy to become a major player in space exploration. If this lunar mission is successful, the UAE and Japan will join the United States, Russia and China as the only countries that have put a spacecraft on the surface of the moon.

Rashid will travel to the moon with the Hakuto-R lander. The rover will land in the Lacus Somniorum, known as the “Lake of Dreams”, near the lunar equator.

The Rashid rover is expected to study the lunar surface, the mobility on the lunar surface and how different surfaces interact with lunar particles. The 10-kilogram probe will carry two high-resolution cameras, a microscope, a thermal imaging camera, a probe and other instruments.

If successful, Rashid will be the smallest man who will land on the moon.

The United Arab Emirates and Japan started space cooperation with each other in February 2019 by placing a satellite in the orbit of Mars to study the atmosphere of the red planet. United Arab Emirates launched this probe with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

The UAE has plans to launch the Middle East’s most advanced commercial satellite to produce high-resolution satellite images. It has also set an ambitious goal to establish a human colony on Mars by 2117.