UAE faces setbacks in lunar missions with China and US.

The United Arab Emirates' Rashid II rover will no longer fly on China's Chang'e-7 lunar mission due to U.S. export control rules. The agreement, signed in September 2022, has fallen foul of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which prohibits the sale or export of defense-related components, technologies, and software. The loss of the UAE as a partner is a blow to China's efforts to attract international cooperation for its lunar exploration plans, including the construction of an International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) in the 2030s.