{
  "id": 11918553,
  "title": "Sheikh Hamdan attends unveiling of asteroid probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/sheikh-hamdan-attends-unveiling-of-asteroid-probe",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-04T11:30:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/dubai/sheikh-hamdan-attends-unveiling-of-asteroid-probe-1.500697906"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister, attended the unveiling of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt probe. The UAE-developed probe reached the flight readiness stage in under two years, having been guided by the leadership of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who launched the Emirates Mars Mission in 2014. The UAE's space sector is now worth Dh44 billion, with ambitions to double its returns and increase value by 60% by 2031. The probe will travel 5 billion km aboard the MBR Explorer to explore seven asteroids, culminating at 269 Justitia, where it will descend autonomously to the asteroid's surface.",
  "summary": "His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of the Supreme Space Council, witnessed the unveiling of the probe for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA). Developed, assembled and tested in the UAE, the space probe reached the flight readiness stage in less than two years. The…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}