UAE's Rashid Rover Will Land on the Moon After Eid Al Fitr Holiday

The Japanese spacecraft which is carrying the UAE's Rashid Rover will attempt to land on the Moon's surface on April 25th.

It is scheduled to touch down at 8.40pm, UAE time.

"At approximately 15:40 on April 25, 2023, (UTC), the lander is scheduled to begin the landing sequence from the 100km altitude orbit," ispace, the company that has built the Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander, said.

"During the sequence, the lander will perform a braking burn, firing its main propulsion system to decelerate from orbit," ispace added.

The landing is set to last about an hour.

If the process succeeds, ispace will be the first firm to succeed in a commercial cargo mission to the moon.

This will also make the UAE the first Arab country to have a rover on another celestial body.