UAE launches Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt

 

The mission would extend 10 times past that of the Mars mission, with a total estimated travel distance of 5 billion Kilometers.

The United Arab Emirates announced plans to send a spaceship to the solar system’s main asteroid belt, adding that they hoped to have the ship ready to launch by 2028.

“This mission is a follow up and a follow on the Mars mission, where it was the first mission to Mars from the region told Al-Arabia.” Mohsen al-Awadhi, program director of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt. “We’re creating the same thing with this mission. That is, the first mission ever to explore these seven asteroids in specific and the first of its kind when it’s looked at from the grand tour aspect.”