First look: UAE's first space rover to land on moon
January 16, 2025
By Expat Media
The Rashid Rover will be equipped with the latest technologies and can withstand lunar surface temperatures
The UAE-made Rashid Rover will be the first space exploration vehicle in the UAE and Arab world to land on the moon, experts say as it was recently presented to the Dubai Ruler.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum signed one part of the "Rashid Rover", which was developed and assembled by Emirati engineers and researchers at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre.
Part of the Emirates Lunar Mission, the Rashid Rover will capture photos and collect information from the moon’s crater area, which will be explored for the first time. "The Emirates Lunar Mission constitutes a new era of the UAE’s success in the field of space. Our ambition in the space sector has no limits. The international cooperation with various partners during the coming period in very important," Sheikh Mohammed said.
The Rashid Rover will be equipped with the latest technologies and can withstand lunar surface temperatures of as low as -173 degrees Celsius. Data collected from the mission will allow the UAE to conduct comprehensive and integrated studies of how to build human settlement on the moon.
It will also prepare for future missions to study the red planet, and provide the scientific community with answers about the solar system, and other planets. Rashid Rover will provide about 10 gigabytes of recorded material, scientific data, and new images, to the global scientific community. It aims to study the Moon's plasma and to provide answers about the Moon dust, the lunar surface, mobility on the Moon’s surface and how different surfaces interact with lunar particles.
Previously, many countries launched scientific missions to lunar surface, including the United States, Russia and China. Today, India and Japan are leading various scientific missions to study the surface of the moon and explore its data and details. ICA/Expat Media
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