Dubai: UAE to send astronauts to International Space Station in the next few months, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has announced. 
UAE on Wenesday signed a historic agreement. The UAE is capable of embracing space. Our vision for the 12 years to develop the national space sector has begun to bear fruit, Shaikh Mohammad has tweeted.

"UAE's vision of space has begun with the manufacturing of the Mars probe, and continued by completing the first satellite manufacturing complex and training Emirati astronauts and owning an integrated scientific and research system. In 2021, we will celebrate 50 years of our state and we will celebrate the coming generations," he added

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