May 7, 2021
On 9 February, a new object successfully began to orbit Mars: an un-crewed spacecraft called the Hope Probe. The mission has already returned the first image of Mars, taken by Hope’s Emirates eXploration Imager from an altitude of 24 700 km.
Led by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), the Hope Probe is the first interplanetary mission for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the fifth country in history to reach the red planet. It will also be the first spacecraft to capture a complete picture of the Martian atmosphere and its layers during different times of the day and different seasons for one complete Martian year.
Mohammed bin Rashid and Mohamed bin Zayed honour Hope Probe team Tue 23rd February 2021 | 07:45 PM
DUBAI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 23rd Feb, 2021) His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, honoured the Emirates Mars Mission Hope Probe team of more than 200 engineers on Tuesday in a special reception held during the ministerial retreat at Bab Al Shams.
The reception was held in recognition of the teamâs relentless efforts over the past six years to successfully build and launch the Hope Probe that made history with its entry to the Red Planetâs orbit on February 9th, 2021, as the first-ever Arab interplanetary mission. The widely-celebrated probe, which will provide the first complete picture of the Martian atmosphere, placed the UAE as the first Ar
Two first-timer Mars missions slipped flawlessly into orbit this week Scott Sutherland
After travelling for millions of kilometres through interplanetary space, two missions from first-time Mars explorers have arrived at their destination!
Mars active robot population is getting a substantial boost in 2021. The Curiosity rover is still exploring Gale Crater and Mount Sharp, and the InSight lander continues to listen for marsquakes, with a new mission extension until the end of 2022. In orbit, there s NASA s Mars Odyssey, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, plus Mars Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter from the ESA, and the Mars Orbiter Mission from India s ISRO.
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UAE’S Mars mission, named AMAL the Hope probe, reached Mars’ orbit at 7:42 p.m. Tuesday local time and sent a signal back to Earth. This makes the UAE the first Arab country and the fifth globally to reach the red planet. It took it 204 days and more than 480 million to get there .Experts estimated the chance of successfully entering Mars’ orbit at about 50%, since more than half of all Mars missions actually fail. The crucial time window was a terrifying and suspenseful 27 minutes during which the Hope probe had to dramatically slow down from its speed of 100,000 kilometers per hour (62,137 mph) to 18,000 kph by firing its six thrusters for 27 minutes exactly.