Voting
?What about new design for our website
- Excellent
- Very Good
- Good
Voting Number 1647
- EDGE Signs Agreement with PT Pindad for Ammunition Production Line
- Joint Operations Commander meets with Italian Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of Space Operations in Italy
- RTX extends support for ADU Undergraduate Research and Innovation Competition through 2024 and 2025
- Joint Operations Commander meets with Italian top brass during official visit to Italy
- The commander of Joint Operations meets with the Iranian Military liaison officer
- Birds of Goodness executes 49th humanitarian aid airdrop in north Gaza
- Hamdan bin Mohammed attends celebration marking 48th anniversary of Armed Forces Unification
- Birds of Goodness executes 48th humanitarian aid airdrop in north Gaza
- EDGE is fully committed to supporting the UAE Armed Forces
- Lockheed Martin Congratulates the UAE's Leadership for Their Visionary Approach to Security and Stability
- Saab's Continued Commitment to the UAE's Defence Vision
- 'Birds of Goodness' executes 47th humanitarian aid airdrop in north Gaza
- 'Birds of Goodness' executes 46th humanitarian aid airdrop in north Gaza
- 'Birds of Goodness' executes 45th humanitarian aid airdrop in north Gaza
- RTX’s Pratt & Whitney awarded $65.8 million F100 engine maintenance contract for Saudi Arabia’s F-15s
- Lockheed Martin Successfully Transitions Long Range Discrimination Radar To The Missile Defense Agency
- Patria and Kongsberg to Deliver Remote Weapon Stations to Sweden and Finland
- Raytheon’s LTAMDS Detects and Engages Complex Targets
- Saab Secures Order for Sensor Suite for German Eurofighters
- QinetiQ Successfully Flies New Design Rattler Supersonic Target
2014-08-01
UAE Plans To Send Unmanned Probe to Mars By 2021
A new space agency is being created in the country to supervise the mission
The UAE has announced plans to send an unmanned probe to Mars by 2021, in a bid to send the Arab world’s first mission to another planet. A new UAE Space Agency will be created to supervise the mission and coordinate the country’s space technology sector.
The proposed probe’s journey will take nine-months and span more than 60 million kilometres.
The mission, to be led by emiratis, will make the UAE one of nine countries with space programmes to explore Mars, and will also coincide with the 50th anniversary of the country’s formation.
UAE President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan said: “The UAE Mars probe represents the Islamic world’s entry into the era of space exploration. We will prove that we are capable of delivering new scientific contributions to humanity.
“The UAE’s purpose is to build emirati technical and intellectual capabilities in the fields of aerospace and space exploration and to enter the space industry and to make use of space technology in a way that enhances the country’s development plans.”
UAE Vice President , Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said, “Despite all the tensions and the conflicts across the Middle East, we have proved today how positive a contribution the Arab people can make to humanity through great achievements, given the right circumstances and ingredients.
“We chose the epic challenge of reaching Mars because epic challenges inspire us and motivate us. The moment we stop taking on such challenges is the moment we stop moving forward.”
UAE investments in space technologies currently exceed Dhs20 billion, and the project will establish the space technology sector as a key component of the national economy in the future, state news agency WAM reported.
HH Sheikh Mohammed said the UAE Space Agency will be responsible for supervising and organising all space activities, developing the sector, ensuring knowledge transfer, enhancing the country’s position as a global player in aerospace, and maximising the contribution of space industries to the national economy.
The agency will report to the cabinet and have financial and administrative independence.
HH Sheikh Khalifa added: “We aim for the UAE to be among the top countries in the field of aerospace by 2021”.
Visitors Comments
Related Topics
.
No Comments