The Emirates Mars Mission, known by its probe's name Hope (Arabic: Al-Amal), is the United Arab Emirates first interplanetary mission, launched in July 2020 and placed into Mars orbit on February 9, 2021. It made the UAE the first Arab nation and the fifth nation overall to reach Mars, and only the second to enter Mars orbit successfully on its first attempt. The probe carries three instruments studying the Martian atmosphere's temperature, dust and water-ice clouds, and atmospheric escape, from a wide orbit chosen to capture Martian weather across all times of day.
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Mission Type OutcomeOngoing: entered Mars orbit February 9, 2021 and continues extended science operations studying the Martian atmosphere. 1 Mission Type
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Mission executed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre under the UAE Space Agency's national program.
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation- Mission Type (category): Orbiter
- Mission Type: Mars orbiter
- Launch Date: 2020-07-20
- Outcome: Ongoing: entered Mars orbit February 9, 2021 and continues extended science operations studying the Martian atmosphere.
2. Emirates Mars Mission (Wikipedia)
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uncrewed space exploration mission to Mars
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went into orbit around Mars on 9 February 2021
Emirates Mars Mission article, overview
Arabic: مسبار الأمل, Misbar Al-Amal
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The Hope probe (Arabic: مسبار الأمل, Misbar Al-Amal) was launched on 20 July 2020, and went into orbit around Mars on 9 February 2021.
Operated By: UAE Space Agency, Lead section
To accomplish the objectives of the Emirates Mars Mission, an agreement was signed between the United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) and MBRSC, under a directive given by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
In Group: Mars Missions of Other Space Agencies, Lead sentence
The Emirates Mars Mission (Arabic: مشروع الإمارات لاستكشاف المريخ, romanized: mašrū' al-Imārāt l-āstikšāf al-Murīkh) is a United Arab Emirates Space Agency uncrewed space exploration mission to Mars.
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In April 2023, The New York Times reported an updated global map of Mars based on images from the Hope spacecraft.
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