UAE leaders launch agency to drive space exploration

The UAE on Monday unveiled an action plan for it’s newly established national space agency.

The UAE Space Agency is the latest in a series of high-profile investments intended to position the UAE as a global leader in space research and exploration.

The new agency, constituted in December under a decree by the UAE President, will have four main objectives, its representatives said.

These are: to create a legal and regulatory framework for the fledgling UAE space sector; promote, fund and support scientific and technological research to build expertise in space exploration; train and recruit UAE nationals to work in the space sector in future, and, finally, to ensure the agency’s work is in line with international standards and regulations.

Original article by Sarah Townsend

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UAE leaders launch agency to drive space exploration