The UAE is providing a Gateway airlock for a lunar-orbiting station. The construction of the airlock is scheduled to begin “immediately”, Salem Al Marri, Director General of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) said during an exclusive interview with Khaleej Times.
The Lunar Airlock has received increased attention after the US and UAE signed an agreement to provide the ‘sealed chamber’. This airlock will be used to enter and exit a space station.
Al Marri said, the Centre is “very…
