{"id":116338,"date":"2022-09-20T12:45:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T07:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=116338"},"modified":"2022-09-20T13:03:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T07:33:17","slug":"china-and-uae-to-join-hands-on-moon-rover-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/china-and-uae-to-join-hands-on-moon-rover-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"China and UAE to join hands on moon rover missions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>China and UAE to join hands on moon rover missions: <\/strong>China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)&nbsp;have agreed to join hands to help further the latter\u2019s space ambitions.&nbsp;The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)&nbsp;of the UAE and the&nbsp;China National Space Agency (CNSA)&nbsp;have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together on the UAE\u2019s moon missions. The agreement marks the first joint space project between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-september-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">September 2022 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UAE has been pushing to become an important space player. The two organizations will \u201ccollaborate on future moon missions involving the landing of an MBRSC rover aboard a CNSA lander,\u201d the MBRSC tweeted. The agreement represents \u201cthe first joint space project between the UAE and China.\u201d Under the project, the UAE will develop a rover dubbed Rashid-2; China will help it with the landing, data transmission, observation, and control. MBRSC director-general Salem Humaid Al Marri and CNSA deputy director Wu Yanhua signed the MoU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why did UAE decide to collaborate with China?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China has been highly successful with its lunar missions. In the last decade, the country launched three successful lunar surface missions dubbed Change 3, Change 4, and Change 5. In 2020, Change 5 also brought samples back from Moon to Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UAE has been proactive in its space push. In 2020, it launched the Emirates Mars Mission, under which an orbiter named Hope was sent to Mars. As part of its lunar mission, the MBRSC\u2019s Rashid rover will be delivered to Moon\u2019s surface later this year aboard the HAKUTO-R lander\u2014developed by Japanese company ispace. It is also developing a mission to the asteroid belt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China and UAE to join hands on moon rover missions: China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)&nbsp;have agreed to join hands to help further the latter\u2019s space ambitions.&nbsp;The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)&nbsp;of the UAE and the&nbsp;China National Space Agency (CNSA)&nbsp;have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together on the UAE\u2019s moon 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