UAE Plans to Send Spacecraft to Moon to Help Diversify Economy
A man passes a board displaying the Hope Probe at the entrance to the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai.
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The United Arab Emirates plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024, part of an effort to invest in technology and diversify its economy away from oil.
The Emirates Lunar Mission would be a first in the Arab world and fourth globally, UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum said on Twitter. The lunar rover will land in areas that haven’t been explored previously by human missions, he said.