UAE Space Program: Term 3 Unit 9 Lesson 7 PDF

KEYNOTES SUBJECT: MORAL EDUCATION GRADE 9 Book: 3, Unit 9- Lesson 7 Taking the UAE into the Future An important government function is the provision of health care for its citizens and residents. The United Arab Emir...

KEYNOTES SUBJECT: MORAL EDUCATION GRADE 9 Book: 3, Unit 9- Lesson 7 Taking the UAE into the Future An important government function is the provision of health care for its citizens and residents. The United Arab Emirates is distinguished as a worldwide leader in health science delivery and preventive medicine. Its excellent medical centres, hospitals, and clinics draw visiting patients from around the world who seek medical care. Some of the major research centres are coordinated through the government's directive and the guidance of the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention. UAE prioritizes developing knowledge through increasing research and development expenditure for robust growth in the competitive knowledge economy. In 2015, the UAE announced its Mission to Mars. The Emirates Mars Mission sent a spacecraft to orbit Mars in the year 2021, the year of the UAE's 50th anniversary. The spacecraft designed and developed by scientists and engineers at Dubai's Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Space Centre, is an orbiter carrying science instruments designed to build the first holistic picture of Mars' atmosphere. The Hope Probe is more than a mission to Mars. It is one part of a vast investment and a national effort to build a space industry in the UAE. In 2014, the UAE established the UAE Space Agency. It is responsible for managing the nation’s space sector and its role in the national economy. The agency works to raise awareness about the importance of space technologies, enhance national capabilities and encourage peaceful application of space research. The UAE Space Agency is developing the first space research centre in the Middle East.  It results from cooperation between the UAE Space Agency, UAE University and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. The UAE Space Agency is responsible for scientific research in astronomy and space. It is responsible for the country's programmes to explore and develop space sciences, and the UAE's membership of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG). The ISECG aims to promote the exchange of information regarding interests, plans and activities in space exploration and strengthen both individual exploration programmes and the collective efforts of its members. Its objectives and vision are encompassed in its Global Exploration Strategy. The Global Exploration Strategy is a framework for international coordination and cooperation in realizing humanity's goals from the exploration of space from the level of LEO (Low Earth Orbiting) satellites to deep space missions such as the Emirates Mars Mission. In addition to Mission to Mars from July 2020, a separate Lunar Mission is scheduled for 2024. Plans are being made and designed to support a Mars Scientific City, that will enable the settlement and establishment of a research city on the planet Mars. Our First Astronaut After a competition among 4,000 applicants, the nation's first two astronauts were selected in 2018. On 25 September 2019, Hazza Al Mansouri was the first Emirati to fly into space aboard a Soyuz Russian MS-15 rocket. He arrived at the International Space Station where he remained for eight days before returning to earth. While on board the International Space Station, he performed numerous scientific experiments and communicated with our leaders and UAE school children! Hazza Al Mansouri is a highly qualified and experienced military pilot who attended and graduated in 2004 from the Khalifa bin Zayed Air College, with a bachelor's degree in aviation. Our Second Astronaut The second astronaut selected for the UAE space program was Sultan Al Neyadi. Sultan is an experienced military pilot for the UAE Armed Forces. In 2004 he received a Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the University of Brighton. He went on to study at the Zayed Military College for one year.  In 2008 he received a master's degree in Information and Networks Security and a Ph.D.in Data Leakage Prevention Technology from Griffith University in Australia.