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The UAE’s Hope mission is nearly to Mars, and scientists can’t wait – Space.com
“We’re just counting down the final few days before we arrive to the Red Planet.”
With less than two weeks before the country’s first-ever interplanetary mission slips into orbit around Mars, United Arab Emirates scientists can’t wait for the Hope orbiter
‘s arrival.
The UAE launched Hope in July 2020, one of three missions taking advantage of an optimal window to head to the Red Planet, along with China’s Tianwen-1 mission and NASA’s Perseverance rover. Hope is an orbiter designed to study the atmosphere of Mars
around the planet and from surface to space. The mission will…
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