{"id":9319,"date":"2021-10-06T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T10:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/?p=9319"},"modified":"2024-11-11T14:35:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:35:44","slug":"sheikh-mohammed-announces-uae-mission-to-venus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/2021\/10\/06\/sheikh-mohammed-announces-uae-mission-to-venus\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheikh Mohammed announces UAE mission to Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a year after conquering Mars, the UAE has got a new space mission.<\/p>\n

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The country\u2019s Vice-President has announced an ambitious plan to explore planet Venus and the solar system\u2019s asteroid belt.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The mission is five times more complex than the successful Emirates Mars Mission.<\/p>\n

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said the country\u2019s latest mission would explore seven asteroids. It will even execute the first Arab landing on an asteroid.<\/p>\n

Mission Venus<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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An Emirati spacecraft will undertake a 3.6-billion-km, five-year journey. It will perform gravity assist manoeuvres by orbiting Venus and then Earth in order to build the velocity required to reach the main asteroid belt located beyond Mars.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The spacecraft will travel more than seven times the journey undertaken by the UAE\u2019s Hope probe to Mars.<\/p>\n

The UAE Space Agency said the five-year expedition would be launched in 2028. The spacecraft for the mission would be developed in seven years, it added.<\/p>\n

It is to be developed in partnership with the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.<\/p>\n

The mission is part of the country\u2019s Projects of the 50th \u2013 a series of developmental and economic projects\u00a0to mark the country\u2019s Year of the 50th.<\/p>\n

Investing in future generations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sheikh Mohammed posted on Twitter: \u201cA third of the stars in the sky have Arab names, because Arabs were pioneers of astronomy. Our mission is to boost the glory of the Arab civilisation. If we don’t act today, when will we?\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the UAE is investing in the generations to come. \u201cWith each new advancement we make in space, we create opportunities for young people here on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, also tweeted about the mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe launch of a new project to explore Venus and the asteroid belt sets an ambitious new goal for our country\u2019s burgeoning space programme,\u201d he posted. \u201cThe UAE is determined to make a meaningful contribution to space exploration, scientific research and our understanding of the solar system.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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