MAKKAH: The UAE’s inaugural spacecraft, the Hope Probe, entered orbit round Mars last week and the country wants future generations in the Arab world to continue to have an impact on space exploration.
It all starts with the Arab Space Pioneers Program, which is an intensive science training program launched in July by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the UAE vice president and ruler of Dubai. The program comes on the heels of the Hope Probe mission and aims to build Arab expertise in space science and technologies, while also empowering the region’s talents.
Within two weeks of its launch, the program received 37,000 applications from talented researchers and inventors from Egypt, Iraq, Algeria, Morocco, the UAE, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia.
Abu Dhabi: The UAE Space Agency has announced the names of ten winners who have been selected to join the Arab Space Pioneers Programme’s inaugural edition, the first intensive scientific training programme of its kind in the Arab world.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, had launched the first-of-its-kind specialised training programme last July, in line with the launch of the UAE’s Hope Probe to Mars the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.
The specialised training programme, overseen by the UAE Space Agency, aims to build Arab expertise in space science and technologies and empower the region’s talents to practise their passion in space-related studies.
UAE Space Agency announces 10 winners to join Arab Space Pioneers Program February 07, 2021
The UAE Space Agency announced that 10 winners have been selected to join the Arab Space Pioneers Program’s inaugural edition, the first intensive scientific training program of its kind in the Arab world.
ABU DHABI, UAE The UAE Space Agency announced that 10 winners have been selected to join the Arab Space Pioneers Program’s inaugural edition, the first intensive scientific training program of its kind in the Arab world.
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Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of UAE and ruler of Dubai, launched the first-of-its-kind specialized training program earlier in July in line with the launch of the UAE’s Hope Probe to Mars the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.
10 candidates set to join Arab Space Pioneers Programme
07 Feb 2021
Imran Mojib,
Special Correspondent
The UAE Space Agency announced that 10 winners have been selected to join the Arab Space Pioneers Programme’s inaugural edition, the first intensive scientific training programme of its kind in the Arab world.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, launched the first-of-its-kind specialised training programme earlier in July in line with the launch of the UAE’s Hope Probe to Mars - the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.
The programme, overseen by the UAE Space Agency, aims to build Arab expertise in space science and technologies and empower the region’s talents in the creative and scientific industry to practice their passion in space-related studies.