The Mars Hope Probe Arrives Safely at Red Planet - The Cosmic Companion, Feb. 11, 2021
On Tuesday, the Mars Hope Probe reached Mars. This first interplanetary mission from an Arab country is the first of a trio of Martian missions of 2021. Plus a BIG announcement!
The Mars Hope Probe, the first interplanetary spacecraft from an Arab country, arrives at the Red Planet, the first of 2021’s trio of new Martian explorers
By James Maynard
On February 9, the Mars Hope Probe, the centerpiece of the Emirates Mars Mission, entered orbit around the Red Planet. In doing so, this vehicle became the first interplanetary spacecraft from an Arabic nation to reach another world.
This historic milestone was followed the next day by the arrival of China’s Tianwen-1 mission at Mars. This pair will also soon be joined by the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover from NASA, arriving February 18.
“The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) is the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first mission to Mars. EMM is designed to orbit Mars and study the dynamics in the Martian atmosphere on a global scale, and on both [daily] and seasonal timescales,” The UAE Space Agency reports.
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