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NASA to UAE s Hope Probe: Welcome to Mars
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We are impressed by the speed the UAE has demonstrated in developing its first interplanetary spacecraft, it said.
Messages of kudos are pouring in from every quarter on the occasion of the UAE making history with the successful insertion of the Hope Probe into Martian orbit not least from outer space!
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Nasa s Perseverance Mars Rover, which launched into orbit on July 30 last year on the heels of the Hope Probe, was quick to tweet a very thoughtful tribute to the UAE space mission quoting a famed Iraqi poet to boot.
DUBAI: The UAE’s Hope Probe is expected to reach its planned orbit around Mars in around three months from now, Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid announced on Sunday.
The Hope Probe has 189 million kilometers remaining and is planned to complete its orbit around Mars on Feb. 9, 2021 at 7.42 p.m. local time.
Hope has so far covered 60 percent of its journey, equivalent to 290 million kilometers over 111 days since it was launched on July 20.
“We will celebrate the arrival of the first Arab mission to Mars,” Sheikh Mohammed tweeted.
The Hope probe has completed its last trajectory correction maneuver after travelling 290 million km into space in 111 days. We officially announce Hope probe will arrive to Mars on Feb. 9, 2021 at 7:42pm UAE timing. We will celebrate the arrival of the first Arab mission to Mars
The UAE successfully put a probe in orbit around Mars
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10 February 2021, 3:22 am·2-min read
The United Arab EmiratesHope mission, its $200 million project to send a satellite into orbit around Mars, has been a success. It means that the UAE is the fifth body to reach Mars, after the US, Russia, the European Union and India.
Hope was launched last July from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, carried on the back of a Mitsubishi H-2A rocket. It has taken seven months to reach its destination, arriving shortly ahead of rival missions from both China and the US.