His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces launched the UAE National Space Programme on April 13, 2017
The programme includes:
- Reaching Mars by 2021
- A new program to prepare Emirati astronauts as there is a plan to send the first Emirati astronaut to space in the next few years
- Building first settlement on the Red Planet by 2117
The programme will be implemented by Emirati cadres and it will take UAE further ahead in the space industry
