NASA, UAE Make Mars Exploration First Collaboration

NASA and the United Arab Emirates space agencies will collaborate on the outer space exploration after an agreement was signed on June 12, Sunday. The agreement is made for a peaceful purpose in cooperating with aeronautics research, use of airspace and outer space research for the welfare of humanity.

The agreement was signed and formalized at a conference in Abu Dhabi by Charles Bolden, NASA's administrator and UAE Space Agency Chairman Dr. Khalifa Al Romaithi. The agreement contains cooperation in space science, operational and observational Earth science, aeronautics, operations and exploration in space, technology and education, mission assurance and all other areas that will benefit the nations.

NASA leads a challenging space journey to Mars. This includes collaboration with private sectors and international partnership. Bolden stated that he is confident with the agreement as technical experts are engaged with the discussion and these two agencies will team up in the following years, The National UAE reported.

Public outreach programs and educational joint workshops will be created to enable vital exchanges of scientific data and experiences between scientists and engineers. According to reports, the cooperation agreement between NASA and the UAE is a new strategy to increase inadequate funds by searching international partners.

The UAE planned to send a robotic probe to Mars by 2021. The launch will be on July 2020 with a mission to study the Martian atmosphere and analyze weather conditions on Mars. There is a possibility that the UAE will be the first Arab and Muslim country to be successful in sending the robotic probe on the Red Planet, Blasting News reported.

NASA and the UAESA has formalized the exploration of Mars as the first mission between agencies. The reason behind the agreement is important to the UAESA. They believe that the best way to accelerate and develop space technologies is working with the international partners.