KUALA LUMPUR: The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has revealed the UAE-built probe for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA).
In a statement, TII said the probe will soon travel to Colorado, US, for final integration with the MBR Explorer spacecraft ahead of its planned 2028 launch.
In a historic first, TII’s probe will image two planets and seven asteroids — flying past six asteroids in the main belt before culminating in a rendezvous with and landing on the seventh, 269 Justitia. If successful, the landing will make Justitia the seventh asteroid in history to be reached on the surface by the probe.
