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UAE Mars mission: Success of Hope Probe overwhelms world media
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#ArabsToMars tops trends; a whopping 2.7 billion engagements around the world.
The success of the Hope Probe’s Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) has brought the UAE under the spotlight once again with #ArabsToMars topping trends: a whopping 2.7 billion engagements around the world.
The milestone mission marked the Arab world’s entry alongside global weights in the space race and catapulted the UAE as the first Arab nation, and the fifth in the world, to reach the Red Planet.
Global news outlets, including the CNN, BBC, Euronews, France24, Reuters, AFP, AP, New York Times, The Guardian, Washington Post, The Observer and The Independent, closely followed the historic event.
In addition, the US is set to arrive at the red planet next week with its latest rover, Perseverance.
The reason all three missions have arrived at roughly the same time is because the positions of Mars and Earth are currently favourable.
The two celestial bodies only repeat the positioning once every 26 months, so launching the probes at around the same time was necessary.
Three seperate missions are due to arrive at Mars this month (Image: Sciepro / Science Photo Library / Getty)
The US and China hope their probes will physically touch down on the planet and roam around, while the UAE have placed their probe in orbit.
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