Called the MBR Explorer for Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE's vice president, and prime minister, the spacecraft will take off in 2028.
In 2030, the MBR Explorer will arrive at its first target asteroid. To get to the asteroid belt, the spacecraft will perform gravity-assist maneuvers around Venus, Earth, and Mars to gain speed and save fuel. It will fly close to six asteroids: Westerwald, Chimaera, Rockox, 2000 VA28, 1998 RC76, and 1999 SG6.
Following its visits to these space rocks, the spacecraft will attempt to land on the seventh asteroid, Justitia, by 2034. Discovered in 1887, it is one of the largest known rocks nestled in the main asteroid belt. The asteroid's color is found to be unusually red, indicating that it could contain organic material necessary for the formation of life.
A high-resolution camera, a thermal infrared camera, a mid-wavelength spectrometer, and an infrared spectrometer will be aboard the spacecraft to investigate the geology, composition, and structure of the asteroids.The space rocks that primarily exist between Mars and Jupiter, forming an asteroid belt, could reveal a wealth of information about the early years of our solar system.
And scientists can learn more about this through Justitia, which may have formed closer to our planet and then gradually migrated to its current location in the asteroid belt. The main goals of the UAE mission are to understand the origins and evolution of water-rich asteroids, as well as to assessFormed in 2014, UAE’s space agency is one of the youngest in the world, and it is already credited with successfully launching a probe to Mars on its first attempt. The
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