Emirates Lunar Mission
The Emirates Lunar Mission (Arabic: مشروع الإمارات لاستكشاف القمر) was the first mission to the Moon from the United Arab Emirates.
Rendering of the Rashid lunar rover. | |
| Mission type | Lunar rover |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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). 47.581°N 44.094°E |
| Lunar rover | |
| Landing date | April 25, 2023 |
| Landing site | Atlas Crater (planned) |
Emirates Planetary Programme | |
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. It was launched on 11 December 2022 on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket, and the rover attempted to land in Atlas crater. On 25 April 2023, seconds before an attempted landing, communication with the Hakuto-R lander was lost. The ispace team confirmed that the spacecraft had crashed into the Moon and was thus destroyed.
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