On Sunday, 11.38am UAE time, the rover blasted off into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The UAE has scripted history with the with the successful launch of the Arab world's first lunar rover Rashid, which could potentially make the country only the fourth in the world to land on the Moon. Referred to as the world’s most compact rover, Rashid is now on a journey of up to 140 days, with a landing window on the surface of the Moon in April 2023.
