Dubai: The UAE's Hope Probe spacecraft has reached orbit around Mars.
Launched from a space center in Japan on July 21, 2020, the Mars spacecraft has traveled 49.4 million kilometers and reached the orbit of Mars.
Sheikh Mohammed, the ruler of Dubai, announced the victory of the mission with a picture of the Arabs on Mars.
This is the first time a country from the Arab world has carried out a Mars mission.
The UAE is celebrating the success of Hope. The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center is constantly recounting events to excited citizens. From the moment we enter orbit, we get hopeful information. The first signal was received at 7.48 local time. With this, the assessment is that the Hope Probe has officially started functioning. Facilities were set up in different parts of the country to witness the historic moment in person. Burj Khalifa celebrates UAE mission to Mars with Arabs hashtag Mars. Updates to the Mars mission were displayed on the big screen in Burj Park.
The main mission of the Hope Probe is to find traces of life on Mars. The devices are being explored by the Emirates Mars Spectrometer, Emirates Mars Imager and Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometer. Expect 20 films a day. The images are in the form of silk to understand ice, water, steam and temperature. The potential of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon monoxide EVA can be detected by an infrared spectrometer. The Hope Probe takes 55 hours to orbit Mars.
The Mars mission was celebrated extravagantly throughout the country. The moment it entered orbit, the crown of the Exo platform turned red in the color of Mars. The cost of the UAE's Mars mission is 73.5 crore dirhams. This is the result of the 55 lakh hours of work of more than 450 employees. The Hope Probe was launched on July 21, 2020 at 1.58am local time. All the major places in the country are abuzz with festivities. Abu Dhabi Presidential Palace also attended the celebration. The engineers at the Space Center are eagerly awaiting each signal from the Hope Probe.
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