Dubai, UAE - The Arab world's first lunar rover successfully took off to space on Sunday. The UAE-built Rashid Rover is the first Emirati mission to the surface of the Moon. It lifted off on board a Space X Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral...
UAE moon rover launch put off, to run more ‘pre-flight checks’
Dubai, UAE— The UAE’s moon rover launch has been delayed by one day in order to run more pre-flight checks, according to a statement released by SpaceX. Rashid Rover, the Arab world’s first lunar mission, is now scheduled to launch at 8:37 a.m. (GMT) on Thursday, Dec.1, from Cape Canaveral...
Success rocks: NASA’s US$2.75bn Perseverance ‘pays’
The rover succeeds in its second attempt to scoop up a piece of Martian rock for future analysis by scientists on Earth
NASA rover preparing to take first Mars rock samples
Analyzing samples will reveal whether they were formed by volcanoes or are sedimentary in origin
