UAE will send spacecraft to visit Venus and land on an asteroid

By Leah Crane

The United Arab Emirates plans to sojourn an asteroid

McNabb/UAE Space Agency

The United Arab Emirates is sending a ngo to sojourn the asteroid loop betwixt the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, via a stop-off astatine Venus.

This ngo is intended to physique connected the occurrence of the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), which consists of an orbiter called Hope that entered orbit astir Mars successful February and is expected to proceed observing our planetary neighbour until 2023.

“When we embarked connected the Emirates Mars Mission, we took connected a six-year task that was successful …

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