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May 29th, 2023
UAE mission to main belt asteroids promises to deliver science discoveries.
Image credit: UAE Space Agency
The first multiple-asteroid tour and landing mission to the main belt of space rocks beyond Mars is being blueprinted by the United Arab Emirates.
Image credit: UAE Space Agency
This impressive task is called the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt, EMA for short. That spacecraft will take a seven-year sojourn to the main asteroid belt and then dutifully perform a series of close flybys to make unique observations of seven — count ‘em seven — main belt asteroids.
Image credit: UAE Space Agency
The mission is named the MBR Explorer, underscoring the creation and growth of the expanding UAE space program played by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Image credit: UAE Space Agency
For more information on this notable mission, go to my new Multiverse Media SpaceRef story — “Touring Through the Asteroid Belt: United Arab Emirates Unveils Bold Mission” – at:
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