UAE completes Arab world's first solo space probe – and sets course for an asteroid
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The device will be launched on a joint UAE-US-built craft. Some researchers say it could be the last mission constructed with outside help.Device will be launched on a craft built jointly by the United Arab Emirates and the United States. Some researchers say it could be the last mission constructed with outside help.
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Ahmad Belhoul Al FalasiElias TsoutsanisFadel SennaAbu DhabiNajwa AarajUniversity Of Colorado BoulderSpace Research CenterTechnology Innovation InstituteEmirates MissionSpace AgencyUnited Arab EmiratesColorado, United StatesMariam AlhammadiMohsen Al-AwadhiAbu Dhabi, Abu Z¸Aby, United Arab Emirates
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Thu, 8 October 2026
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Device will be launched on a craft built jointly by the United Arab Emirates and the United States. Some researchers say it could be the last mission constructed with outside help.
Mon, 12 October 2026
1 report- thenews.com.pk11:12
The UAE has built an asteroid lander that engineers don't expect to survive its own arrival. After an eight-year trip of about 5 billion km, the probe will hit 269 Justitia at 15 to 27 m/s ,...