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The United Arab Emirates announced on Sunday that it has joined the project to develop and build the lunar space station Gateway and will send the first Emirati and Arab astronaut into lunar orbit.
This comes at a time when Abu Dhabi is joined by the United States, Japan, Canada and the European Union in the station development project, according to the Emirates’ official news agency WAM.
The agency quoted Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as saying his country was joining the “most advanced project to return humans to the Moon to land on its surface and make it a base for future missions to Mars.” “
The UAE is, according to WAM, “the fifth partner in the project that will represent the most important global achievement in the 21st century by joining the project to build the space station, the first lunar station in human history.”
The United Arab Emirates’ accession comes after coordination with the American space agency “NASA”, which is considered “the most advanced possibility for humans to return to the moon after an absence of more than 50 years, to descend on its surface and to use it to a base for the future.” Missions to Mars.”
According to WAM, the UAE’s participation will be through the development of a pressure equalization unit at the station. “The station will serve as a key center for advanced scientific research, enabling the study of lunar geology, astrophysics and the effects of life in space.”
The UAE will be responsible for operating the station’s pressure equalization unit for a period of up to 15 years, which can be extended. The pressure compensation unit weighs 10 tons, is 10 meters long and 4 meters wide.
The UAE will have a permanent base on the station and make scientific contributions to the lunar and space exploration program, and “it will be among the first countries to send an astronaut to the moon, and the country will also have priority in obtaining scientific data. “ .”
The first parts of the station are expected to be launched to the moon in 2025, while the pressure equalization unit called Emirates Gate is expected to be launched in 2030.
The Lunar Space Station is the first space station to orbit the Moon. It will provide essential functions to support astronauts and enable them to perform and carry out the tasks assigned to them in the best possible way.
The station also allows astronauts to be hosted for longer periods of time, improves communications with the Moon, and facilitates solar and cosmic radiation studies.
The importance of the project also arises from the fact that the station will serve as a starting point for space missions to the Moon and Mars, as it will provide a platform for the construction, refueling and launch of long-term space flights, which will improve the space flight stability of Improve missions and increase their efficiency.
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