Important Things You Should Know About UAE’s Space Mission

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Important Things You Should Know About UAEs
Space Mission
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Important Things You Should Know About UAEs
Space Mission
The Hope Mars Mission which is also called the
Emirates Mars Mission is the first uncrewed,
interplanetary mission that is spearheaded by the
United Arab Emirates (UAE). In fact, the Hope
satellite is the first planetary science mission
that is being led by an Arab-Islamic country.
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Important Things You Should Know About UAEs
Space Mission
At launch, one of the spacecraft's goals was to
map how much water there is on Mars. This
information could help future missions determine
whether a network of deep aquifers exists below
the Martian surface. This mission was also
undertaken to mark the 50th anniversary of the
UAE.
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About the Hope Spacecraft

• In 2021, the Hope Mars Mission was launched to
  study the Red Planet.
• Equipped with four to six Delta V thrusters and
  highly volatile and inorganic hydrazine fuel, it
  is set to study our neighboring planet Mars after
  seven months of space travel to get to the red
  planet.

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About the Hope Spacecraft

• It will operate for an entire Martian year (687
  Earth days) to fulfill its scientific goals.
• The total mass including the fuel is about 1,500
  kilograms and has the weight and size of a small
  car.
• The mission may get a two-year extension if it
  works successfully.

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The UAE's Hope Mars Mission

• The Hope Mars Mission (also known as Hope ELITE)
  will be the first space mission to Mars conducted
  by the United Arab Emirates and is part of their
  Emirates Mars Mission 2020 program.
• The spacecraft for this mission was assembled in
  the United States at the University of Colorado
  Boulder's Laboratory for atmospheric and space
  physics (LASP). It was done with the support of
  Arizona State University (ASU) and the University
  of California, Berkeley.

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The UAE's Hope Mars Mission

• The mission will study daily and seasonal weather
  cycles, weather events in the lower atmosphere
  such as dust storms, and how the weather varies
  in different regions of the planet.
• It will also add to knowledge about Mars's
  atmospheric hydrogen and oxygen loss and other
  possible reasons behind the planet's drastic
  climate changes.
• It has special instruments to measure weather
  conditions and is not like the outdoor weather
  stations we use.

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The UAE's Hope Mars Mission

• The mission is being carried out by a team of
  Emirati engineers in collaboration with foreign
  research institutions and is a contribution
  toward a knowledge-based economy in the UAE.
• The Emirates Mars Mission was launched toward
  Mars during the July 2020 Mars launch window. The
  spacecraft was launched from the Tanegashima
  Space Center in Japan with a Japanese rocket, the
  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA launch vehicle.

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The UAE's Hope Mars Mission

• The spacecraft performed a successful orbit entry
  maneuver on the 9th of February 2021 and it also
  became the second country to successfully enter
  Mars' orbit on its first try.

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What is the Aim and Importance of the UAE Mars
Mission?
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