UAE Hope Mars Mission Is A Success: 1st Arab Spacecraft To Reach Mars
UAE becomes first Arab nation in the world to successfully send a space probe to Mars. UAE Hope Mission has finally reached Martian orbit after a long and arduous journey. UAEs Hope Mission defied a 50 per cent risk of failure to enter the Mars orbit successfully.
In humanity's growing quest to conquer the final frontier, UAE has just written a historic new chapter -- by becoming first Arab nation in the world to successfully send a space probe to Mars.
That's right, the UAE Hope Mission has finally reached Martian orbit after a long and arduous journey.
Image Credit: Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center
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According to reports, UAE Hope Mission to Mars successfully reached red planet on Tuesday, February 9 at approximately 9:44 PM Indian Standard Time earlier this evening.
By doing so, UAE's Hope Mission has created history -- becoming the first Arab-made spacecraft to reach Mars orbit and will subsequently embark on scientific study and research of Mars and adding to humanity's knowledge about our nearest planet.
Much like India's Mangalyaan mission, UAE Hope Mission to Mars also had a similar story -- spending over seven months in space and six years since it was greenlit, UAE's Hope Mission defied a 50 per cent risk of failure to enter the Mars orbit successfully, according to a report by The National.
Success!
¡ª Hope Mars Mission (@HopeMarsMission) February 9, 2021
Contact with #HopeProbe has been established again.
The Mars Orbit Insertion is now complete.#ArabsToMars
The first Arab mission to Mars had to overcome insurmountable odds -- travelling 493.5 million km through space before sending the successful signal back to Hope Mission Control in Dubai from 190 million km away, after a tense few moments of complete radio blackout.
Even the iconic and world's tallest skyscraper, Dubai's Burj Khalifa relayed the news of Hope Mission's successfully reaching Mars orbit in its unique style, putting on quite a light show and an overall dazzling display.
Historic achievement. #BurjKhalifa announces the successful entry of #HopeProbe into Mars orbit. The #UAE has become only the fifth country to arrive in Mars and the third country to accomplish the feat on first try. For more details: https://t.co/alaApUVNSF @gulf_news pic.twitter.com/4kRoVhSrOV
¡ª Gulf News Video (@GulfNewsVideo) February 9, 2021
Even NASA's associate administrator was quick to congratulate the UAE Hope Mars Mission team on their historic feat, as NASA themselves prepare for the successful touchdown of their own Perseverance Rover on Martian soil next week.
Congratulations @HopeMarsMission on your safe arrival to Mars¡¯ orbit! Your bold endeavor to explore the Red Planet will inspire many others to reach for the stars. We hope to join you at Mars soon with @NASAPersevere. https://t.co/qGH9BlLJhv
¡ª Thomas Zurbuchen (@Dr_ThomasZ) February 9, 2021
According to reports, UAE's Hope Mission has some clear objectives as far as doing research on Mars is concerned -- chief among which is to understand the Martian climate works and extensively mapping Mars' global weather system, and also doing some key research on understanding why Mars is losing oxygen.
We congratulate UAE and the Hope Mars Mission crew for their fantastic, historic achievement!
