News VIDEO: Hope Probe will have one shot to capture Mars’ orbit, or disappear in space: Omran Sharaf 02 Feb 2021 Gulf Today, Staff Reporter The Hope Probe project organised a media briefing at the headquarters of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Al Khawaneej area, Dubai, in cooperation with the UAE government media office. The engineering team for Hope Probe operations held the briefing to announce completion of the necessary preparations for the arrival of the Probe to capture orbit around Mars, which is scheduled for Feb.9 at 7.42 pm UAE time. Omran Sharaf, Project Manager of Emirates Mars Mission, Hope Probe said, “The stage of entering Mars’ orbit is completely different from the launch phase, and we have only one opportunity to enter the Hope Probe into Mars orbit on Feb.9.