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13/12/22 14:57 PM IST

UAE Successfully Launches First Ever Arab-Built Lunar Spacecraft

In News
  • A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried into space the first ever Arab-built lunar spacecraft.
About Lunar spacecraft
  • It was launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
  • The Rashid Rover was built by Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and is being delivered by the HAKUTO-R lander, engineered by Japanese lunar exploration company ispace.
  • The Rashid rover will provide ‘novel and highly valued data, images, and insights,’ as well as ‘collect scientific data on matters relating to the origin of the solar system, our planet and life.’
HAKUTO
  • HAKUTO is a term used for a white rabbit that resides on the moon, as per Japanese folklore.
  • The ispace craft intends to deploy a tiny NASA satellite into the orbit of the moon to look for water deposits prior to its touch in the Atlas Crater.
Source- AIR News

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