Spaceflight πŸš€Jun 3, 2023

#NYT πŸ“† May 29, 2023 #UAE πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺ #AsteroidBelt β˜„οΈ mission : The #MBRExplorer is scheduled to sidle up within a few hundred feet of #Justitia in πŸ“† October 2034 and spend at least seven months studying it with cameras πŸŽ₯ and #spectrometers that will be able to identify the #asteroid’s #composition, including the presence of water πŸ’§. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/science/uae-asteroid-mission.html

#AsteroidMining

Picture : #NASA #ISRU Pilot Excavator https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISRU_Pilot_Excavator_(KSC-20220728-PH-FMX01_0140).jpeg

MBR Explorer: UAE Plans Space Mission to Explore Asteroid Belt

After a successful mission to Mars, the Emirati space agency is planning a tour of the debris field between Mars and Jupiter, with a focus on one of its most intriguing objects.

The New York Times
Daniel PomarèdeJun 3, 2023

Space, the final frontier...

πŸͺ¨ (269) Justitia
πŸͺ¨ (623) Chimaera
πŸͺ¨ (10253) Westerwald
πŸͺ¨ (13294) Rockox
πŸͺ¨ (23871) 1998 RC76
πŸͺ¨ (59980) 1999 SG6
πŸͺ¨ (88055) 2000 VA28

These are the seven Main Belt asteroids that the πŸš€ MBR Explorer will visit during its seven years journey

https://thenationalnews.com/uae/2023/05/29/mbr-explorer-uae-unveils-details-of-its-mission-to-the-main-asteroid-belt by Sarwat Nasir

#universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #solarsystem #mainbelt #asteroids #mbrexplorer #spacecraft #space #science #research also: #startrek

MBR Explorer: UAE unveils details of its mission to the main asteroid belt

The voyage could lay the ground for future resource extraction in the region, which has $700 quintillion worth of minerals

The National