It gives me immense pleasure to congratulate our wise leadership on the occasion of this historic scientific achievement which open the door of future widely to our nation and Government to enter a new frontier in its space journey, an achievement that expresses indeed the limitless aspiration of UAE nation.
And in this particular celebrating moment, we got to proudly recall the futuristic vision and ambition of the Father of the Nation the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan ALNahyan, expressed 40 years ago to invade the space, a dream we all should seek to achieve as a part of expressing the spirit of challenge UAE faces in its long global competitiveness march, which placed it in the forefront of most advanced countries.
Innovative efforts and creative energies were combined and accelerated to achieve the requirements of “Zayed Ambition” journey, showcased by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center in cooperation with Federal Corporation for Youth , as a motto for the first of its kind UAE and Arab space mission to the international space station in 25 of September 2019, as part of UAE astronauts program, launched by H. H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid AL Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, “May Allah Preserves Him”, and H. H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed AL Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces, aiming at training and preparing a team of UAE astronauts and send to outer space to carry out different scientific missions.
First Emirati astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoory, whose shoulder is decorated with the logo “Zayed Ambition” during his historic mission, is a source of our proudness and strong incentive for us to achieve more scientific innovations and creations, that suit our Nation international image and place it occupies amongst great nations. It also realizes our wise leadership vision to make UAE becomes one of the most prosperous and scientifically advanced countries worldwide in Space exploration to shape the Human civilization.