Scenes inside Dubai mission control room when spacecraft carrying UAE's Rashid rover failed to land on lunar surface - in pictures

  • Dr Sara Al Maeeni, communication lead and project scientist, was devastated after learning the Rashid rover did not land safely on the Moon. All photos: Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
    Dr Sara Al Maeeni, communication lead and project scientist, was devastated after learning the Rashid rover did not land safely on the Moon. All photos: Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
  • From left, Adnan Al Rais, project manager of Mars 2117, MBRSC director general Salem Al Marri, and Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, chairman of MBRSC, in the mission control room
    From left, Adnan Al Rais, project manager of Mars 2117, MBRSC director general Salem Al Marri, and Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, chairman of MBRSC, in the mission control room
  • An Emirati mission control operator at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre after ispace lost contact with its spacecraft that was carrying the Rashid rover
    An Emirati mission control operator at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre after ispace lost contact with its spacecraft that was carrying the Rashid rover
  • Abdullah Al Shehi, mechanical lead of the rover, after the mission failed
    Abdullah Al Shehi, mechanical lead of the rover, after the mission failed
  • Dr Hamad Al Marzooqi, manager of the Emirates Lunar Mission, after learning that the Hakuto-R lander, carrying the UAE's Rashid rover, did not land safely on the lunar surface
    Dr Hamad Al Marzooqi, manager of the Emirates Lunar Mission, after learning that the Hakuto-R lander, carrying the UAE's Rashid rover, did not land safely on the lunar surface