SpaceX's launch and landing control centre in Cape Canaveral.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will deliver the UAE's Rashid rover to space. Photo: Salem Al Marri Twitter
Salem Al Marri, director-general of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, in Florida for the launch of the UAE's Rashid lunar rover. Sarwat Nasir / The National
Mr Al Marri believes the launch and arrival of the Rashid rover on the lunar surface could be a "big moment" for the Arab world. Sarwat Nasir / The National
A small team of Emirati engineers have developed the UAE's lunar mission. Here they are pictured inside the clean room, along with the Rashid rover, in the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre on June 15, 2022. Photo: MBRSC
The Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander, with the UAE's Rashid rover stored inside of it, was shipped to a Florida launch site late October, 2022. Photo: ispace
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Rashid Rover that will be going to the moon.
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ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander, which has the UAE's Rashid rover on board, was integrated onto a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Photo: ispace
Takeshi Hakamada, founder and chief executive of ispace, said he felt confident that the company's lander, which is carrying the UAE's Rashid rover on board, would make a soft landing on the Moon in 2023. Sarwat Nasir / The National
SpaceX's launch and landing control centre in Cape Canaveral.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will deliver the UAE's Rashid rover to space. Photo: Salem Al Marri Twitter
Salem Al Marri, director-general of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, in Florida for the launch of the UAE's Rashid lunar rover. Sarwat Nasir / The National
Mr Al Marri believes the launch and arrival of the Rashid rover on the lunar surface could be a "big moment" for the Arab world. Sarwat Nasir / The National
A small team of Emirati engineers have developed the UAE's lunar mission. Here they are pictured inside the clean room, along with the Rashid rover, in the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre on June 15, 2022. Photo: MBRSC
The Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander, with the UAE's Rashid rover stored inside of it, was shipped to a Florida launch site late October, 2022. Photo: ispace
World Government Summit
Rashid Rover that will be going to the moon.
Antonie Robertson/The National
ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander, which has the UAE's Rashid rover on board, was integrated onto a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Photo: ispace
Takeshi Hakamada, founder and chief executive of ispace, said he felt confident that the company's lander, which is carrying the UAE's Rashid rover on board, would make a soft landing on the Moon in 2023. Sarwat Nasir / The National
SpaceX's launch and landing control centre in Cape Canaveral.
