The Hope Probe took almost seven months to travel approximately 180 million miles to reach the Red Planet. The transmission of the Hope Probe s first image of Mars is a defining moment in our history and marks the UAE joining advanced nations involved in space exploration
His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Then, from its vantage point in orbit, the UAE space agency plans for the instrument to peer at the planet for a full Martian year – the equivalent of two Earth years – to analyse the planet s thin atmosphere and climate to learn more about own.
Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was among the first to share the stunning overview of the world.
Mars Photo Shows Solar System s Largest Volcano in Image Sent Home by UAE Hope Probe
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A first photograph of the Mars surface was sent home by the United Arab Emirates probe, Hope, showing, among other features, Olympus Mons – the largest known volcano of our solar system. The image was sent to Earth by Hope on Wednesday, February 10, after it entered the Martian orbit a day before. The probe was at a height of almost 25,000 kilometres above the Martian surface, when it captured the volcano breaking out into a Martian sunrise. Hope is the first Arab probe in history, and among scientific observations, is stated to aim to excite the younger generation in UAE in space exploration projects.
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7 Months, 500-million kms, 121,000 kmph: UAE’s Hope Probe Checks into Mars Orbit
The H-2A rocket carrying the Hope Probe had lifted off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Centre in July. (File photo: Reuters)
The probe will help scientists get a clear picture about Mars atmosphere, all through a 687-day long Martian year. It, however, will not land on Mars surface.
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Launched in July last year, the UAE’s unmanned probe ‘Al-Amal’, which means hope in Arabic, entered Mars orbit on Tuesday. This is the Arab world’s first mission to Mars.
On July 20, 2020, the unmanned probe lifted off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre. After travelling for nearly seven months and covering a distance of roughly 500-million kilometres, the probe managed the rare feat of entering Mars orbit. The Mars mission is one of the many projects under the UAE’s (United Arab Emirates) ambitious space programme, which plans to send an unmanned rover to Moon by
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Arab world’s first mission to Mars achieves orbit
The Arab world’s history-making first interplanetary mission to Mars – the United Arab Emirates Hope Probe – successfully achieved orbit today, Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 10:57 a.m. ET (19:57 UAE time, 1557 GMT),” after a seven-month journey bound for the Red Planet and designed to study the planet’s weather and climate, and inspire the nations young people to study science.
Hope is the first of three missions reaching the Red Planet this month. The UAE thus commences Earth’s powerful Invasion of Mars in 2021 with an international fleet of orbiters, landers, and rovers launched from the UAE, the United States and China.