India's help sought for Mars project

With the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieving success on its Mars Orbit-er Mission (MoM) in its maiden attempt, the UAE has sought India's cooperation for its first inter-planetary expedition, which is slated to launched in 2020. "We recently launched the UAE Space Agency. We are looking to develop science around space particularly developing Mars mission that will culminate hopefully by 2020-21 when we celebrate our golden jubilee as a nation."This is another demonstration of UAE's forward looking and pioneering initiative where focus on developing partnership with those who have space expertise," Reem Al Hashimi, Minister of State for Inter-national Cooperation, said.

Published: Thu 11 Feb 2016, 11:00 PM

Updated: Fri 12 Feb 2016, 1:00 AM