The United Arab Emirates has announced the launch of a new long -term space mission to the International Space Station that extends to 6 months, by signing a strategic partnership agreement between the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center and the “Axium Space” company, the company specialized in manufactured space flights and the development of space infrastructure In the United States to explore space.
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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the State, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, said, “More than five years ago, we launched the” Emirates Space Pioneers Program “and the Emirates sent the first Arab Emirati astronaut on a historic journey of the International Space Station … Today we announce A new cooperation between the UAE and the United States of America to send an Emirati astronaut at the first long -term mission on the International Space Station
His Highness also said, “A new station for the space sector in the UAE, signing a new agreement to send the first Arab space pioneer for a long mission that extends 180 days for the International Space Station … The UAE will be the 11th country in history that sends a long -term mission to space … proud of the UAE youth.”
His Highness added, “Our space sector and our vision of it and its projects are constantly developing. . The satellite task will add new experiences and knowledge to our children and the scientific community. . The UAE, with its children, is able to achieve the impossible and go further in space. “
Space cooperation aims to launch the first long -term Arab mission to the International Space Station and is fighting an Emirati astronaut, and the agreement will work to enhance cooperation between the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center and the NASA, where the two parties will cooperate extensively during the 6 -month mission. Four Emirati astronauts are currently receiving training at the Johnson Center for NASA space flights in Houston, in order to prepare them for long -term human space flights.
With this task, the UAE will represent one of the 11 countries that have been able to send astronauts in long -term missions to the International Space Station, and the United Arab Emirates will carry the number (11) in achieving this achievement, and it will also be the first Arab country to break into the space field for long trips.
The agreement was signed between the center and Exoma Space at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington. In addition to the astronaut Muhammad al -Mulla and Nora Al -Matrouchi.
The agreement was signed as a representative of the center, General Manager Salem Al -Marri, while it was signed by the American side of the president and CEO of “Axium Space” Michael Sofridini.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center, Hamad Obaid Al -Mansouri, stressed that “the announcement of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai for the first long -term mission for Arab astronauts confirmed the sustainable nature of the Emirates National Space Program, which It is based on the vision of rational leadership in the foresight of the future. ”
Al -Mansouri explained that “the long period of this task, which reaches 6 months, will allow depth and advanced experiments in space, which is an activity limited to a few countries, and the UAE has been able to join it during a record period of time.”
He added: “The agreement with Axium Space and partnership with NASA reflects the vision of the state, which considers space exploration an opportunity to enhance global cooperation and partnership between countries and agencies, to achieve unified goals that achieve a sustainable future for humanity, and exceptional scientific discoveries.”
He pointed out that the task highlights that the uninhabited and uninhabited space exploration programs are offered in parallel in the UAE, as it comes after the success of the state in unmanned tasks in the orbits of Mars and Earth, and in parallel with preparing for a mission on the moon.
For his part, the Director General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center, Salem Hamid Al -Marri, said: “With the aim of enhancing cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and the United States of America, which includes prominent institutions such as” Axium Space “in the space exploration sector, we are pleased to announce this important partnership that will help us Continuing our space program. He added: “It is certain that our cooperation with these parties will support the center in achieving its ambitions, and urged the steps towards the implementation of the programs that we have announced so far, in addition to helping us think of more advanced initiatives, which contributes to enhancing the UAE’s position on the list of countries most active to explore space.” .
He explained that “cooperation with the company” Axium Space “and NASA bears a strategic importance to us, as it will allow during this task the start of a long -term and sustainable activity from scientific research and experiences in space, which is a qualitative shift for human space missions in the UAE and the region.”
“It is a pleasure to reach this agreement with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in the United Arab Emirates, especially since this is the first time that an American commercial company has reached such a task,” said Michael Sofridini, President and CEO of “Axium Speed”. In Axium, we are proud of the opportunity to provide the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center to participate in the first long -term Arab mission to the International Space Station. “
This trip will include a team of American astronauts and will be received at the International Space Station of a Russian, American and European team. The UAE astronaut will conduct a series of advanced experiences and research in addition to an educational and educational program, and this requires his stay for a long time up to 6 months on the advanced space station in order to reach confirmed results that benefit the global space community.
This mission is one of the fruits of the Emirates Space Pioneers Program within the Emirates National Space Program. A team of Emirati astronauts is currently being trained and prepared with the aim of sending them to space to carry out various scientific tasks, as an Emirati astronaut will be sent to the International Space Station to spend the longest period for an Emirati or Arab pioneer in space.
The journey will start in the spring of 2023, and this will be the second important mission for the arrival of Emirati astronauts to the International Space Station, where Hazza Al -Mansouri had previously entered it on the “Soyuz MS15” vehicle, in late September 2019. At the conclusion of the historic trip Al -Mansouri returned to Earth after eight days, during which he conducted a set of intensive scientific experiments.
An exciting new era of manned space flights was launched, after an agreement was signed between the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center and the “Axium Space” company, which includes an Emirati astronaut joining the International Space Station on the SPACEX CREW 6 flight of the US Space Agency NASA “.
Al -Marri added: “With the success of this task, the center hopes to present a new incentive for Emirati talents to choose space as one of the fields of study and research, to contribute to the consolidation of our position in the International Space Club, which a few countries managed to enter merit. It is certain that the UAE astronaut who will participate in the mission The new will write a new chapter on our journey to explore new worlds, and will provide practical support and real experience for future generations of Emirati astronauts. “
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