See you in Mars, China and USA.
Hope Probe is now in Mars orbit and waiting for China’s Tianwen-1 dual orbiter-rover to arrive in Mars on Wedensday (February 10, 2021), while NASA’s Perseverance rover will make a landing attempt in an area on Mars on February 18. All three Mars missions were launched in July last year. The Hope Probe has travelled over 435 million kilometres to Mars after liftoff from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre in July 2020.
The Hope Probe has travelled over 435 million kilometres to Mars after liftoff from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre in July 2020.
08:21PM February 9, 2021
Moment of jubilation. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, congratulated the young Emirati engineers for successful entry of Hope Probe in Mars orbit.
Mars Mission embodies the aspirations and ambitions of an entire region Published: February 02, 2021 16:28 Gulf News Hope Probe is developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Image Credit: Reuters
The UAE boasts a long and illustrious history of making the impossible possible.
From being the world’s first country to set up an Artificial Intelligence Strategy and embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution, to being consistently named the most generous in the world, to perfecting the science of desalinating precious water resources, to the winning bid for Dubai Expo, to setting up the Barakah Nuclear Plant to building Burj Khalifa and rolling out the driverless Dubai Metro the annals of history are full of the UAE’s seemingly impossible achievements.