UAE announces names of two astronauts for International Space Station

The UAE has a fledgling space program with big ambitions. It hopes to launch its first locally made satellite, KhalifaSat, in October from Japan. It also wants to launch a probe to Mars in 2020. The UAE says it wants to colonise Mars by 2117, with a fully functioning city of 6,00,000.

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