As UAE s Hope probe nears Mars, crew gets ready for all scenarios Filed on February 3, 2021 | Last updated on February 3, 2021 at 12.04 am
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The Emirates Mars Mission team had created its own systems and software to take Hope from Earth into deep space and all the way to Mars.
When the UAE’s Hope probe fires all its thrusters for its most crucial manoeuvre towards the Martian orbit, the hard work of the team that developed its systems from scratch will come into fruition.
During Hope’s upcoming Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) the most critical phase of the mission the spacecraft’s system will be tested for the first time for nearly 30 minutes straight.