Hope Probe enters Mars orbit: UAE joins the big league of space nations
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The UAE has officially become the first Arab nation and the fifth in the world to reach Mars after the Hope Probe successfully entered the Red Planet’s orbit.
History was made: The UAE has officially become the first Arab nation and the fifth in the world to reach Mars after the Hope Probe successfully entered the Red Planet’s orbit at 7.42pm.
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At the Burj Plaza of Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, where a giant display screen livestreamed the scenes at the MBRSC ground station, the most tense moment was when Omran Sharaf was seen speaking to somebody on the phone, probably one from the Deep Space Network in Madrid, Spain.
UAE Minister of State for Advanced Sciences Sarah bint Yousif Al Amir speaks during an event to mark Hope Probe s entering the orbit of Mars, in Dubai on Tuesday. Reuters
Along with India and EU, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently became successful in inserting a spacecraft into orbit around Mars on the first try. The mission was announced in 2014 and the Hope probe succeeded in entering the planet’s orbit on February 9.
Leading the science mission as deputy project manager is Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, a computer engineer and also the country’s first Minister of State for Advanced Sciences.
File picture In an historic day for the nation, the UAE’s Hope Probe Mars Mission is due to enter the Red Planet’s orbit, with the manoeuvre starting from 7:30 pm UAE time.
The Probe has to slow down in a highly complex procedure called the Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) to achieve entry.
The MOI will last an uninterrupted 27 minutes. Nearly half of the fuel will be spent to slow the Hope Probe down enough to capture Mars’ orbit.
During this time, the speed of the spacecraft will decelerate from its cruising speed of 121,000 kmph down to 18,000 kmph.
The Hope Probe approaches Mars with such a velocity that it will slingshot around it and continue into deep space if it hasn t slowed down to the level where it can be captured by the planet s gravity.
10 candidates set to join Arab Space Pioneers Programme
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Imran Mojib,
Special Correspondent
The UAE Space Agency announced that 10 winners have been selected to join the Arab Space Pioneers Programme’s inaugural edition, the first intensive scientific training programme of its kind in the Arab world.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, launched the first-of-its-kind specialised training programme earlier in July in line with the launch of the UAE’s Hope Probe to Mars - the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.
The programme, overseen by the UAE Space Agency, aims to build Arab expertise in space science and technologies and empower the region’s talents in the creative and scientific industry to practice their passion in space-related studies.
Advanced Technology Minister Of State Explores UAEUâs Innovative Approach To Promoting R&D, 4IR Tech Tue 26th January 2021 | 08:00 PM
AL AIN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 26th Jan, 2021) Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Technology, today explored United Arab Emirates Universityâs (UAEU) innovation and research and development programmes on a tour of the institutionâs departments and facilities.
Accompanied by Dr. Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Minister of State and UAEU Chancellor, Al Amiri was introduced to the various projects the University has launched - initiatives that aim to promote innovation and advanced technologies that can be used to support the UAEâs industrial sector.