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Mars’ two moons Deimos and Phobos are an area of interest for scientists in the country, with a particular focus on the former

The UAE’s first astronaut celebrates the anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin

Since Probe's MOI, the spacecraft has circled the Red Planet over 170 times in this one year

The probe has in the last year conducted 170 rotations around the Red Planet observing several phenomena from auroras in the atmosphere to craters on the surface.

Hope Probe has circled the Red Planet over 170 times.

Fri 23 Jul 2021 01.00 EDT It is one year since the United Arab Emirates launched the Hope space mission from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima prefecture, in south-west Japan, to begin its journey to Mars. By 9 February 2021, Hope had crossed 493m km of space and performed the Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI) manoeuvre. On 23 March, Hope manoeuvred into its final operating orbit, a highly elliptical path that carried it from 20,000km to 43,000km in altitude above Mars, and, after a period of ...

Hope Probe commences its two-year science mission Nandini Sircar/Dubai KT file photo This comes as the Arab world’s first interplanetary exploration completed its spacecraft and instrument exercises that are used to practice science observations. The Hope Probe has commenced its two-year science mission starting Sunday and will now begin its science data gathering. This comes as the Arab world’s first interplanetary exploration completed its spacecraft and instrument exercises that are used...

Emirates Mars Mission has officially begun a non-stop two-year study of the Red Planet

May 7, 2021 On 9 February, a new object successfully began to orbit Mars: an un-crewed spacecraft called the Hope Probe. The mission has already returned the first image of Mars, taken by Hope’s Emirates eXploration Imager from an altitude of 24 700 km. Led by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), the Hope Probe is the first interplanetary mission for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the fifth country in history to reach the red planet. It will also be the first spacecraft to capture a...

Local Press: UAE seeks to explore more space frontiers ABU DHABI, 17th April, 2021 (WAM) -- A UAE newspaper has said that if there is one unique quality that the UAE has, it is that it not only dreams new goals and ambitions, but also follows it up like nobody does. Few countries can do that, said Gulf Today in an editorial on Saturday. Citing the Dubai Metro as an example, the daily noted that in 2004, five consortiums were selected to build the first stretch of the Metro. Work officially star...