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The UAE plans to send a lunar lander called Rashid to explore the Moon in the next four years. Courtesy: Getty Images
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The official logo of the Emirates Lunar Mission
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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, announced the Emirates Lunar Mission on September 29. All photos courtesy of Sheikh Mohammed's Twitter
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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, announced plans for unmanned mission to the Moon by 2024. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed's Twitter
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The technical specifications of the Rashid rover. Courtesy of MBRSC
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The UAE plans to send a lunar lander called Rashid to explore the Moon in the next four years. Courtesy: Getty Images
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The official logo of the Emirates Lunar Mission
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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, announced the Emirates Lunar Mission on September 29. All photos courtesy of Sheikh Mohammed's Twitter
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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, announced plans for unmanned mission to the Moon by 2024. Courtesy: Sheikh Mohammed's Twitter
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The technical specifications of the Rashid rover. Courtesy of MBRSC
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The UAE plans to send a lunar lander called Rashid to explore the Moon in the next four years. Courtesy: Getty Images
UAE to send lunar rover named Rashid to unexplored regions of Moon by 2024
The data will be shared with research centres across the world
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Sarwat Nasir
08 October, 2020
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