UAE’s Hope probe to be first of 3 spacecrafts to reach Mars
Waheed Abbas/Dubai
Filed on February 7, 2021
UAE's Red Planet mission to reach on Feb 9, followed by China’s on Feb 10 and the US on Feb 18.
The UAE’s Mars mission – Hope probe – will be the first among three spacecrafts to reach the Red Planet this month.
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The Hope probe, the first ever interplanetary mission launched by an Arab country, is scheduled to enter the orbit of the Red Planet at 7.42pm UAE time on Tuesday, February 9.
In addition to the UAE, China and the US also launched their projects to the Red Planet last year and are slated to land this month. China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft will be the second to reach Mars - on February 10, while Nasa’s Perseverance is set to touch down on the Red Planet on February 18.