Recently, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2024
The rover would be named Rashid after Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum , one of the original founding rulers of the UAE.
The aim of the rover will explore the surface of the moon in areas that have not been explored previously by human missions such as NASA’s Apollo.
Participating in the moon exploration is part of the UAE’s space strategy to build new knowledge capabilities and advance the country’s scientific, technical, and research environment.
If UAE successful in 2024, UAE could become the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the moon after the USA, the former Soviet Union, and China.
India, Israel, and Japan have tried but failed in landing a spacecraft on the moon.