![]() Rendering of the Rashid lunar rover. | |
Mission type | Lunar rover |
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Website | Lunar Mission |
Mission duration | 0 days (landing failure) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Rashid |
Manufacturer | MBRSC |
Dry mass | 10 kg (22 lb) |
Dimensions | 53.5 cm (21.1 in) × 53.85 cm (21.20 in) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 11 December 2022, 07:38:13 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
Contractor | SpaceX |
Deployed from | ispace Hakuto-R |
End of mission | |
Last contact | 20 April 2023 |
Landing date | 25 April 2023, 16:40 UTC (Destroyed on impact) |
Landing site | Atlas crater (attempted). 47°34′52″N 44°05′38″E / 47.581°N 44.094°E |
Lunar rover | |
Landing date | April 25, 2023 |
Landing site | Atlas Crater (planned) |
Emirates Planetary Programme |
The Emirates Lunar Mission (Arabic: مشروع الإمارات لاستكشاف القمر) was the first mission to the Moon from the United Arab Emirates.[2]
The mission by Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) sent a lunar rover named Rashid to the Moon aboard ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander.[1][3] It was launched on 11 December 2022 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket,[4] and the rover attempted to land in Atlas crater.[5][6] On 25 April 2023, seconds before an attempted landing, communication with the Hakuto-R lander was lost.[6] The ispace team confirmed that the spacecraft had crashed into the Moon and was thus destroyed.[7][8]
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