A Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre has been established, and will have ties to the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology, Wam, the state news agency, reported.
The space centre is mandated to develop research, projects and studies on space, in a way that will support UAE’s drive for advancing this sector and for building national capabilities related to the space knowledge and science.
It will oversee preparations and implementation of all phases of the UAE probe exploration mission to Mars and work on all projects related to science and applications of satellites.
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