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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency, established in 2014, is a government agency responsible for developing and regulating the UAE's space sector. It focuses on national and regional space exploration, investing in research and development, and fostering international partnerships. The agency is involved in ambitious missions like the Emirates Mars Mission and the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt, and works to promote STEM education and develop space technologies for terrestrial uses. Key partners include NASA, with whom the UAE is collaborating on the Lunar Gateway project.
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The UAE Space Agency was established in 2014, marking the formal start of its space development initiatives.
The UAE Space Agency is developing a 'Space Ecosystem' program to attract global space companies and experts through preferential measures.
EDGE collaborates with the UAE Space Agency, local universities, and startups to develop sovereign capabilities in space.
The UAE Space Agency retained the CIPS Ethics Kitemark for a third consecutive year for ethical procurement practices.
The UAE Space Agency hosted an international workshop focused on advancing the Artemis Accords, with delegates from over 30 signatory countries.
Firefly and the UAE space agency MBRSC selected Firefly’s second Blue Ghost lander to carry the UAE’s second Rashid rover to the Moon.
The UAE Space Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries signed an agreement for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to provide launch services for the Mohammed Bin Rashid Explorer spacecraft aboard the H3 launch vehicle.
The UAE and the Rwanda Space Agency signed a memorandum of understanding with the UAE Space Agency to establish collaboration frameworks in civil space activities.
Planet Labs PBC partnered with the United Arab Emirates Space Agency to build a regional, satellite data-driven loss and damage atlas for climate change resilience.
The UAE Space Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Philippine Space Agency to enhance cooperation in scientific research and space exploration.
The MoU was signed by Salem Butti Salem Al Qubaisi, Director General of the UAE Space Agency, and Joel Joseph S. Marciano Jr., Director General of the Philippine Space Agency.
The MoU allows for joint research and development in space between the UAE Space Agency and the Philippine Space Agency.
H.E. Ibrahim Al Qasim, Deputy Director General of the UAE Space Agency, supports the agreement with Amazon Web Services as part of the agency’s objectives to provide national talents, startups, and SMEs with skills and learning programs and to enable space-sector companies with applications and facilities.
AWS will collaborate with the UAE Space Agency on the Emirati – AWS Space Industry Development Program (EASID) to support growth of existing commercial space organizations and promote entry of new space startups.
AWS will collaborate with the UAE Space Agency on the Emirati – AWS Talent for Space Program (EATS) to support talent development for the UAE space industry with a focus on cloud computing and big data.
Under the memorandum of understanding, the U.A.E. will develop instruments to fly on the Beresheet 2 landers.
Salem Butti Salem Al Qubaisi will lead the UAE Space Agency’s efforts to develop space sciences and advanced technologies, set up related regulations and policies, establish bilateral and multilateral international partnerships, and promote national capabilities.
The UAE space agency will announce the two people selected to be astronauts in January 2021.
The UAE space agency is in discussions with different ISS partners to begin training for the two current astronauts later in 2020 and for newly selected astronauts after their selection in 2021.
The UAE government formed the UAE Space Agency and established a national space law as part of increased national investment in space initiatives.