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Formed | 6 February 2006 | (as EIAST)
Jurisdiction | Emirate government of Dubai |
Headquarters | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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Website | www |
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center "MBRSC (Arabic: مركز محمد بن راشد للفضاء, romanized: markaz Muḥammad bin Rāshid lil-faḍāʾ") is a Dubai Government organization working on the UAE space program, which includes various space satellites projects, such as the Emirates Mars Mission, the Emirates Lunar Mission, and the UAE astronaut program. The center actively works to promote space science and research in the region[1] and encompasses the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST).[2]