UAE - Australia's Governor-General visits MBRSC
Date
1/31/2022 2:07:13 PM
(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
DUBAI, 31st January, 2022 (WAM) -- General David Hurley, Governor-General of Australia, today visited the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and was welcomed by Salem Humaid Al Marri, Director-General of the Centre, among several other senior officials.
During the visit, Hurley received a detailed briefing on MBRSC's current and future projects, including the UAE Satellite Programme, UAE Astronaut Programme, Emirates Mars Mission, Emirates Lunar Mission and the UAE's Mars 2117 Strategy, part of the UAE National Space Programme, which seeks to build a human colony on the Red Planet through the Mars Science City.
Part of the visit included a tour of the MBRSC's space labs, as well as the mission control centre. Accompanying Hurley during the tour included Heidi Venamore, Australian Ambassador to the UAE; Ian Halliday, Consul-General of Australia in Dubai; Warren King, Deputy Ambassador; Tim Carlson, Second Secretary; Kelly Matthews, Counsellor Commercial and Trade Commission; and Mounir Sankary, Consul and Trade Commissioner.
Al Marri welcomed the visit and stressed the importance of collaboration among nations to ensure that advances in space exploration will benefit the entire human race, now and into the future.
For his part, Hurley lauded the UAE's space exploration initiatives, noting its positive impact to inspire innovations that will enable the space industry to contribute to a future of sustainable growth for the world.
Al Marri presented his Australian guest with Ghaf tree seeds that Hazza Al Mansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, brought with him to the International Space Station (ISS) during his historic space flight, while Hurley gave his Emirati host seeds of Australia's national floral emblem, the Golden Wattle tree, which also travelled to the ISS as part of the Asian Herbs in Space programme, of which both the UAE and Australia are participants.
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