UAE Mars Mission.
On Tuesday night, Feb. 9, the UAE made history as the first Arab country, and the fifth in the world, to reach Mars after the Hope Probe successfully entered the orbit of the Red Planet at 7:42pm.
— Hope Mars Mission (@HopeMarsMission) February 10, 2021
His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, congratulated UAE citizens.
And residents and people of the wider region on the success of the arrival of the UAE Hope Probe on Mars in the first ever Arab interplanetary mission that marks the entry of the Arab world into the global space exploration race.
“This historic achievement would not have been possible without the persistence and determination to implement the idea that emerged at the end of 2013 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who followed it up closely until its success.
“Without the persistence and determination to implement the idea that emerged at the end of 2013 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, who followed it closely until its success, this historic achievement would not have been possible.
UAE Mars Mission Hope Probe:
By studying the weather patterns on Mars, such as the huge famous dust storms that have been known to engulf the Red Planet.
Compared to the short and localized dust storms on earth, the project would provide deeper insights into the climate dynamics of the Red Planet.
It will concentrate on better understanding the connection between the weather changes in the lower atmosphere of Mars.
With the loss of the upper layers of the atmosphere of hydrogen and oxygen.
For the first time, the probe will study the connection between weather change and atmospheric loss.
A method that may have caused the surface corrosion of the Red Planet and the loss of its upper atmosphere.
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