Resolution on the establishment of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, has issued, in his capacity as the Ruler of Dubai, a resolution establishing the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), to which, the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) shall affiliate. The Centre is mandated to develop research, projects and studies on space, in a way that will support UAE's drive for advancing this sector and for building national capabilities related to the space knowledge and science. The Centre shall oversee preparations and implementation of all phases of the UAE probe exploration mission to Mars, additionally; it will work on all projects related to science and applications of satellites, as well as other advanced technology projects assigned to it by the relevant authorities. The preparations for the launch of the first Arab Islamic probe to explore Mars through 2021have started, in a nine-month trip, during which it will cross more than 60 million km, UAE will be among the nine countries in the world who have space programs to explore the red planet.

4/19/2015

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Resolution on the establishment of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre