Saudi Arabia announces a training programme to send a female astronaut into space in 2023. As part of the Vision 2030 plan for the kingdom, the programme will be put into place.

In 2018, Saudi Arabia ended a ban on women getting driver’s licences that had been in place for decades.

Key facts!

• Saudi Vision 2030 plan aspires to restructure the economy and become less dependent on oil.
• As part of its ambitious Vision 2030 plan, the kingdom is working hard to make scientific research and technological innovation more advanced.
• The Saudi Astronaut Program is a key part of the ambitious Vision 2030 plan for the Kingdom.
• It will send Saudi astronauts into space to help better serve humanity.
• Also, the plan calls for the conservative Muslim country to hire more women into the workforce.
• The United Arab Emirates plans to send up its first lunar rover in November 2023.
• If the moon mission is successful, the United Arab Emirates and Japan will join a few selected countries that have successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon.
• These countries include the United States, Russia, and China.

Watch a video

The following video presents an intriguing concept of “The identity” that was developed by the Saudi Space Commission.

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