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  His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister, Vice President and the Defence Minister of the United ArabEmirates (UAE) as well as the Ruler of Dubai, has announced that the UAE will conduct the new moon mission. On Wednesday, the UAE Prime Minister said that the UAE would try to land a rover on the Moon again. Dubai’s ruler said that his country would embark on a second attempt to land a rover on the Moon. His comments came after his rover crashed during the first attempted lunar landing on Tuesday. The UAE leader visited the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) on Wednesday. The Vice President and Ruler of Dubai said that the UAE would reach the lunar surface. He further announced the development of Rashid 2, which will be sent to space. According to the state news agency WAM, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid met the team leading the UAE's mission to the moon. He lauded their efforts and wished them success. The team attempted to land a rover on the lunar...

  Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the vice president, prime minister, and minister of defence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE ) as well as the ruler of Dubai, is set to speak to Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi on Tuesday through a live video link-up on Nasa TV. The UAE astronaut arrived at the International Space Station, the largest modular space station in low Earth orbit, on Friday. The UAE astronaut is on a six-month mission in the orbiting science laboratory. He is scheduled to participate in 200 experiments assigned by NASA and 19 others involving UAE universities. Dr Al Neyadi will talk about his journey in space in his videos. His videos will be broadcast each week to hundreds of schools in the UAE. Dr Al Neyadi thanked the UAE for achieving this milestone. He reportedly said, “I would like to thank my mom and dad and the leadership of the UAE.” The UAE astronaut further thanked the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre. Reportedly, streams and pre-recorded videos of ...