{"id":6355,"date":"2022-11-24T15:28:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T11:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/?p=6355"},"modified":"2022-11-24T15:28:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T11:28:57","slug":"uaes-rashid-rover-moon-mission-just-got-a-brand-new-launch-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/abudhabi\/en\/latest\/uaes-rashid-rover-moon-mission-just-got-a-brand-new-launch-date\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE&#8217;s Rashid Rover Moon Mission Just Got A Brand New Launch Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rashid Rover&#8217;s mission to the moon faces slight delays<\/h2>\n<p>Rashid rover, set to take the country to new bounds in the space sector, has been given a new launch date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\">The mission was initially given a launch time frame of the 9th to the 15th of this month, but was then put off to the 22nd-28th<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both;'><\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What are the main instruments carried aboard the Rashid Rover during the first Emirati mission to the surface of the Moon launching on 28 November?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EmiratesLunarMission?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EmiratesLunarMission<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAEtotheMoon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAEtotheMoon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TcgnqrvgRG\">pic.twitter.com\/TcgnqrvgRG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBRSpaceCentre\/status\/1594299991681425408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\">Tentative dates<\/h2>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\">The\u00a0Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre took to Twitter to announce the postponement: &#8220;The new launch date of the first Emirati mission to the surface of the Moon is set on 30 November at 12:39 pm (UAE time) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, United States. This date is subject to change depending on the weather status or other conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\">Note that Rocket launches require ideal conditions and postponing is a common event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The new launch date of the first Emirati mission to the surface of the Moon is set on 30 November at 12:39 pm (UAE time) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, United States. This date is subject to change depending on the weather status or other conditions.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAEtotheMoon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAEtotheMoon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wjf60TmpLQ\">pic.twitter.com\/wjf60TmpLQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBRSpaceCentre\/status\/1595691824181612545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\">Rashid Rover to the moon<\/h2>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\">The 10kg rover is jet setting to the Moon on the Hakuto-R lander to spend a day on the surface of the moon to study it&#8217;s dust and other geological aspects, and will be captured by high resolution cameras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\">Rashid Rover will launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Wednesday, November 30, 12:39pm UAE time, and the Emirati engineers behind the mission a Florida are currently making final preps for the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rashid Rover&#8217;s mission to the moon faces slight delays Rashid rover, set to take the country to new bounds in the space sector, has been given a new launch date. 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