Discover inspiring space missions and out-of-this-world achievements on Expo 2020 Dubai’s Space Walk

Discover inspiring space missions and out-of-this-world achievements on Expo 2020 Dubai’s Space Walk

DUBAI – Offering the perfect way to motivate the next generation to explore space and overcome challenges to the sector, Expo 2020 Dubai’s Space Walk journey blasts off on a fascinating voyage through space missions and future explorations that brings alive humanity’s relationship with the final frontier.

Today (Wednesday) marks one year since the UAE’s Hope probe – the Arab world's first interplanetary mission – successfully arrived in the orbit around Mars – a mission that continues to inspire Arab youth and women, with 80 per cent of the programme’s scientific team female and the UAE’s astronaut corps including Nora Al Matrooshi, the first Arab woman astronaut.

Expo 2020’s curated space journeycelebrates the UAE’s bold Mission, along with achievements in the field by countries such as Canada, France, India and New Zealand, and aims to inspire everyone – ahead of International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February – to explore the possibilities of outer space.

Using technology and immersive techniques, the Space Walk journey honours the feats of nations and tells the story of how these missions have contributed to improving life on Earth, in the face of numerous challenges, including climate change and environmental degradation.

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