UAE Moon Mission

UAE become the Fourth country in the world to land on moon

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Rashid Rover is the name of the Moon Lander

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On December 11, 2022, Rashid Rover launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA.

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It was the beginning of a 385,000-kilometer trip to the moon.

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Currently, the Rashid Rover is orbiting the Moon at a perilune height of roughly 100 kilometres.

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The effort to land the Rashid Rover on the moon is only one element in a landmark week for the UAE's space initiatives.

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Tokyo's ispace will make an attempt to touch down with its spacecraft on the Moon's surface.

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The 2010-founded Japanese startup iSpace seeks to offer for-profit lunar travel.

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