Carrying cameras used for the first time
The launch window of “Explorer Rashid” to the moon is available for 3 months
The Explorer is the first project aimed at developing robotic technology to explore the surfaces of objects.
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Dr. Hamad Al-Marzouqi: “The team is currently ready to begin the stage of manufacturing, producing and installing the final model of the Explorer.”
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The director of the Emirates Moon Exploration Project, "Explorer Rashid" at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center, Dr. Hamad Al-Marzouqi, revealed that the launch window for the explorer is three months (the last quarter of next year).
He said in statements to "Emirates Today": "It is expected that the final model of the explorer will be completed at the beginning of the second quarter of 2022, because the launch window will be in the last quarter of the same year, and the launch will be from Florida aboard the Falcon Nine missile from the company (Falcon Nine) SpaceX (Japanese).
Al-Marzouqi added: "During the previous period, we completed all the scientific, practical and environmental tests of the prototype, which is similar to the final model that will be launched to the surface of the moon, and the team is currently ready to begin the stage of manufacturing, production and installation of the final model," referring to the team's implementation of some of the remaining tests. for the prototype, but it does not prevent you from starting to create the final model.
He pointed out that the center's engineers are currently working in an integrated manner to complete a number of different projects, including the Explorer Rashid project, explaining that the contribution of female Emirati engineers to the project is great, as a number of them assume different responsibilities in the project, as one of them is an engineer responsible for thermal systems, An engineer is responsible for communication systems and the scientific team, an engineer is responsible for kinetic systems, and others are involved in all project tasks.
Regarding the goal of launching the "Explorer Rashid", Al-Marzouqi explained that it is one of several steps in the future. The Explorer is the first project that aims to develop the technology of robots to explore the surfaces of other celestial bodies, including the moon. Therefore, the project aims to develop technological capabilities to explore celestial bodies and provide scientific data. A mission for the international scientific community to understand the nature of the surface of the Moon and other bodies.
He stated that the explorer includes many scientific devices, including cameras used for the first time on the surface of the moon, as well as a microscopic camera used to study the soil of the moon's surface closely, and a thermal camera to study the thermal environment, in addition to a scientific device that has not been used before on the surface of the moon, which is "Lamoire Probe", which will be used to study a strange physical phenomenon that occurs on the surface of the moon, which is the "plasma" that is formed by electric charges, and then this device provides scientific data to understand this phenomenon, as well as other experiments to understand the nature of soil adhesion to different materials, Which will help develop astronauts' suits.
He pointed out that the scientific missions of the explorer were carefully selected after studying the shortcomings in understanding the moon's surface, and therefore we chose the scientific devices to address this shortcoming.
He stressed that the 10 kilogram explorer is being built in the UAE, adding that exploration equipment will be placed inside it, including four cameras and other equipment that will be sent to the moon's surface for the first time, and allow providing data of importance for scientific studies.
• National female engineers assume various responsibilities in the "Explorer Rashid" project.
Safe landing area
The director of the Emirates project to explore the moon, "Explorer Rashid", Dr. Hamad Al-Marzouqi, explained that the safe landing area for the explorer Rashid on the moon's surface has been identified, which will have an area of 25 square kilometers (5 kilometers x 5 kilometers), as the explorer will land anywhere in this area. He will explore one square kilometer (one kilometer × kilometer) from it, explaining that the landing area was determined based on a study of the topography of the site in partnership between the explorer team and the Ispace team, through satellite images of the surface of the moon.
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