After the evacuation, an area was set up to provide food, water, and medical assistance to the citizens residing in the community
At a virtual briefing by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) today, the media was informed that scientists are busy giving finishing touches to the Hope Mars Mission, which will give mankind a complete picture of the Martian atmosphere once the UAE's indigenous probe reaches the Red Planet's orbit in 2021.
As the monitoring continues, final charging of the batteries is also ongoing, scientists said.
The space engineers averred that with this mission, the momentum in the region for space awareness will continue not only among young Emiratis but also among other youngsters in the Arab world.
The Hope Probe is scheduled to take off from Japan's Tanegashima Space Centre on July 15 at 00:51:27 UAE time.
The first Arab space mission to the Red Planet remained on track despite the challenges arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The spacecraft will provide the first global pictures of the Martian atmosphere and data will be shared freely with over 200 research centres across the world. It will help answer key questions about the global Martian atmosphere and the loss of hydrogen and oxygen gases into space over the span of one Martian year.
450 engineers, technicians and experts are involved in the project. This comprises of 12,000 tasks in 6 years and entails 5.5 million working hours.
- HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) July 1, 2020
It includes 200 new technologies and 15 scientific partnerships with global universities and institutions.
The spaceship will travel 495 million km. It has a cruise speed of 121,000km/hour.
MBRSC is responsible for the execution and supervision of all stages of the design, development and launch of the Hope Probe. The UAE Space Agency is funding and supervising procedures and necessary details for the implementation of this project. After its launch in mid-July and following a journey of several months, the probe is expected to enter the Red Planet's orbit in 2021, coinciding with the Golden Jubilee of the Union.
After the evacuation, an area was set up to provide food, water, and medical assistance to the citizens residing in the community
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