The UAE will bring unmanned ships to Mars by 2021

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on July 16 said it is planning to bring a space probe to Mars by 2021, the first mission marking the era of space exploration. a country in the Arab world.

Sediments in the Gale Crater area, which used to be a lake on the surface of Mars.(Source: AFP / VNA)

A statement by the UAE government said that in order to fulfill this ambition, the UAE will establish a space agency to oversee its mission and develop its space technology industry.

However, the statement did not give details about the cost as well as how to design and build the ship.

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan declared: "The UAE Mars probe will symbolize the Muslim world entering the era of space exploration. We will prove that we are completely qualified to make new scientific contributions to humanity ".

It is expected that it will take about nine months for the UAE's space exploration ship to complete a journey of more than 60 million kilometers to Mars.

This mission will also make the UAE one of nine countries in the world with space exploration programs on Red Planet.