Each step of the mission marks a significant milestone in the UAE’s space odyssey.
“Now, we will get the true taste of exploring Mars very soon, and we are getting the data and experiencing that,” Omran Sharaf, project director of the Emirates Mars Mission, said on Thursday.
The past few weeks have been exhilarating for those involved with the Hope probe.
“I ve never stared at a screen as much as I have when I ve seen data coming from the Mars mission,” said Sarah Al Amiri, the UAE Minister of State for Advanced Technology.
“It s just mesmerising, regardless of which one of the three instruments it came from.”
UAE s Hope Probe captures stunning photos of atomic hydrogen around Mars Filed on May 12, 2021
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The images were captured over the course of 10 hours and 34 minutes.
The UAE s Hope Probe to Mars has captured some stunning images of atomic hydrogen surrounding the Red Planet.
The images were captured by the spacecraft s Emirates Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EMUS) on April 24 and 25 after transitioning into its science orbit. EMM is the first mission ever over any planet to make images from different points of view over the course of a day.
The images were captured over the course of 10 hours and 34 minutes. During this period, the Hope Probe moved from being over the planet near noon and viewing the entire dayside, to being over the planet at dusk and seeing both the day and night side.
The UAE’s Hope probe has shared two new images of Mars taken late last month.
The probe’s Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer took the images of atomic hydrogen surrounding Mars on April 24 and 25 after transitioning to the science orbit.
“This is the first mission to any planet that has been able to make images from different points of view over the course of a day,” a statement said.
The Emirates Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EMUS) took images of atomic hydrogen surrounding Mars on 24 & 25 April 2021 after transitioning to the Science Orbit. EMM is the first mission at any planet that is able to make images from different points of view over the course of a day. pic.twitter.com/65h2qyYkML
SunStar May 07, 2021 WELCOME to the space race! There is no denial that even as the world grapples with a pandemic, China and the US are advancing space exploration through different initiatives. Earlier this year, Mars became the site of competition. The planet is overcrowded with orbiters, namely Mars Odyssey, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Orbiter Mission, MAVEN, the Trace Gas Orbiter, the Tianwen-1 orbiter and the Hope Mars Mission. That does not include the two rovers on the surface Nasa’s Curiosity and Perseverance.
The Global Times, a daily tabloid newspaper under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship People’s Daily newspaper, said that the Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, left the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province on April 29, 2021.
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