Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

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BOULDER, Colorado – The United Arab Emirates Space Agency is moving forward on a one-after-another main-belt asteroid undertaking.

Consider this: high speed flybys of six asteroids, completing the spectacular sojourn with a rendezvous and orbiting of a seventh mini-world – and then deploy a small lander at that final space rock destination.

Conceptual design of Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA).
Image credit: UAE Space Agency/LASP

Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) is projected to launch in March of 2028, ending its interplanetary tour by arriving at asteroid, 269 Justitia in 2034. That rocky chunk of history may have “migrated” from a region where giant planets formed – or even beyond.

For more details, go to my new Space.com story – “UAE on track to launch bold 7-asteroid mission in 2028” – at:

https://www.space.com/uae-asteroid-belt-mission-progress-2028-launch

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