Arab space exploration efforts have reached another milestone as the UAE made a new breakthrough in their long-standing mission to explore a number of asteroids in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
The data gleaned from their study aims to help them know more about one of the many asteroids the MBR Explorer spacecraft (named after H.E. Mohamed bin Rashed) is set to land on in a bid to discover more about the origins of the universe.
With this mission expected to continue well into 2038, this successful data gathering was made more difficult with its small-time window and margin of error.
This comes as a UAE astronaut returned to Earth last month and two Saudi astronauts including the first female of that nation to travel to space were on a SpaceX flight last May.
Many around the world were impressed by the Indian government’s lunar mission to explore the dark side of the moon highlighting increased regional and global interest in the stars and what lies beyond.
Other Arab countries working with private and government entities are making small but steady steps with several countries already owning civilian and military satellites in orbit and Oman is set to make the region’s first spaceport.
Fourteen Arab states have signed the charter of the Arab Space Cooperation Group (ASCG) where knowledge and information are shared amongst the members and some aspects are standardized and unified to allow for better collaboration.
Arab investment and interest in space stems from the need to understand the region’s landscape better and allocate its limited resources in a sustainable way; exploring the potential of the uses of space in terms of defense also.
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Majaribio ya utafutaji wa anga ya Arabuni yamefikia hatua nyingine wakati UAE ilifanya mafanikio mapya katika utume wao wa muda mrefu wa kuchunguza idadi ya asteroids katika ukanda wa asteroid kati ya Mars na Jupiter. Maelezo ya utafiti huo yanasaidia kugundua zaidi kuhusu mojawapo ya sayari ndogo nyingi za angani, MBR Explorer. Mohamed bin Rashid, ambaye amekuwa akifanya kazi katika uwanja wa ndege wa NASA, amekuwa akijaribu kugundua chanzo cha ulimwengu. Kwa kuwa kazi hiyo inatarajiwa kuendelea hadi mwaka 2038, kukusanya data kwa mafanikio kulikuwa vigumu zaidi kwa sababu ya muda mfupi na kiwango cha makosa. Msafiri mmoja wa anga wa UAE alirudi duniani mwezi uliopita na wanasafiri wawili wa Saudi Arabia, ikiwa ni pamoja na mwanamke wa kwanza wa taifa hilo kusafiri angani, walikuwa kwenye ndege ya SpaceX mwezi Mei. Mwezi wa India unaendelea kuwa na sehemu ya giza ya mwezi, na hivyo kuimarisha maslahi ya kimataifa na ya kikanda kwa nyota na kile kilicho nyuma yake. Nchi nyingine za Kiarabu zinazofanya kazi na mashirika ya kibinafsi na ya serikali zinafanya hatua ndogo lakini thabiti na nchi kadhaa tayari zina satelaiti za kiraia na za kijeshi katika mzunguko na Oman imewekwa kufanya uwanja wa kwanza wa anga katika mkoa huo. Nchi 14 za Kiarabu zimejiunga na shirika la Arab Space Cooperation Group (ASCG) ambalo linafanya kazi kwa kushirikiana na kuandaa mipango ya kimataifa ya ushirikiano wa anga. Uwekezaji wa Kiarabu na maslahi katika nafasi inatokana na haja ya kuelewa mazingira ya mkoa vizuri na kugawa rasilimali zake ndogo kwa njia endelevu; kuchunguza uwezo wa matumizi ya nafasi katika suala la ulinzi pia. Msafiri wa angani Sultan Al-Neyadi amewekwa kurudi duniani baada ya safari ya kihistoria ya angani