![]() ![]() Our goal is to transfer knowledge, develop our capabilities, and add a scientific footprint in human history.” According to an agreement that MBRSC signed in September with the China National Space Administration, the next UAE rover to land on the moon will be sent aboard the Chang’e-7, a planned robotic Chinese lunar exploration mission expected to be launched in 2026 to target the lunar south pole. The lander is expected to reach the Moon in late April. UAE Vice President and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum tweeted after the launch that “Rashid rover is part of UAE’s ambitious space program, that started with Mars, passing through the moon, to Venus. The Rashid Rover, which weighs 10 kilograms, will fly to the Moon on Mission 1 and will attempt to land on the Moon’s Atlas Crater on the south-eastern outer edge of the Mare Frigoris or Sea of Cold. ![]() It was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the United States. The UAE-made Rashid rover is set to arrive at Atlas crater on the moon aboard the Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander, made by ispace, a private Japanese company. The UAE’s Rashid 2 rover, under development at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai, will ride aboard China’s Chang’e 7 mission, expected to launch in late 2026. The rover will provide “novel and highly valued data, images, and insights,” and will “collect scientific data on matters relating to the origin of the solar system, our planet, and life,” according to Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in Dubai. The United Arab Emirates on Sunday successfully launched the Rashid moon rover on its first mission to the surface of the moon. ![]()
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