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United Arab Emirates makes history as spacecraft successfully enters orbit around Mars – 7NEWS.com.au
The middle eastern nation is a growing space power and even has plans for a settlement on the red planet in the not-so-distant future.
The United Arab Emirates has made history by becoming the first Arab country and the fifth globally to reach Mars.
The nations Hope Probe spacecraft reached the red planets orbit on Tuesday after a seven-month, 494 million km journey from earth.
Watch the video for more on the monumental Mars mission
204 days and more than 480 million kms later, the #HopeProbe is now in the Capture Orbit of #Mars, the official Twitter account of the Hope Mars Mission tweeted.
The attempt to lock into orbit around…
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