The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center is hosting the 11th edition of the Emirates Airline Festival with the launching of the book "Race to Space", which tells the history of the development of the UAE National Space Program, details the stations and the efforts of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center team to develop its capabilities to reach space In record time.
The new book will be launched during a dialogue session titled "Race to Space" at the festival on Friday, March 1st at 4 pm, with the participation of Emirati astronauts Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Nayadi to sign the book together with Engineer Salem Humaid Al Marri, Assistant Director General for Scientific Affairs And the Director of the Emirates Aerospace Program at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center. The session will be moderated by Isabelle Abulhoul, founding director of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, Executive Chairman and Board Member of the Emirates Foundation for Literature.
"The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center is part of a global project to benefit from space exploration and the development of its science and research," said Yousef Hamad Al Shaibani, Director General of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center. "The Space Race is a documentary on the steps necessary to achieve this project." "We hope that the book will inspire readers to follow the journey of the center and be part of it through its programs that contribute to the vision of the UAE's leadership in the space sector."
"The Race to Space" lists the journey to establish the Emirates National Space Program, announced in 2017, and addresses the first days of exploration for the global space sector in search of partners in the knowledge transfer program since 2006, which eventually led to the launch of Khalifa Sat, An artificial Arabic made by Emirati hands 100% on 29 October 2018 Khalifa Sat is one of the most advanced satellites in its class in the world ..
Following this achievement, the UAE's first astronaut is scheduled to launch on September 25, 2019, which will see him join the International Space Station on an 8-day scientific research mission.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center is launching a mission to Mars in 2020 under the "Emirates Exploration Mars Project - The Explorer of Hope" to the Red Planet's orbit to collect unique and valuable scientific data over two years of monitoring that will begin in early 2021, With the golden Jubilee of the UAE. The center also developed the "Mars Strategy 2117", a long-term vision to create a human city on Mars by that year.