The United Arab Emirates is looking out on an exciting new mission of discovery. The Mars Hope Probe is now ready to launch. The transport mission to its launch site in Japan took place over an 83 hour period.
A brave new space exploration mission to Mars
The Mars Hope Probe is one of the most innovative technology projects to come out of the UAE. This represents huge progress towards the UAE’s mission to Mars.
The launch mission is going to go into action in July. For now, the engineers focus on getting everything ready.
This will be the first space probe to take pictures of the atmosphere on Mars. It will reach Mars in 2021 and begin to return images.
Mars Hope Probe Mission
We proudly announce the successful transfer of the first Regional Mars probe from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai to the launch site on Tanegashima island in Japan, in an 83-hour operation under the supervision of a team of Emirati engineers. pic.twitter.com/06D5r0xDim
— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) April 25, 2020
World leaders in space exploration
The UAE is once again showing the rest of the world how mighty its science and technology resources are. In addition, the Hope Mars Probe represents years of innovation and technical knowledge condensed into this incredible project.
The Hope Probe represents a turning point for the Arab and Islamic world in the space sector. Reaching Mars is not only a scientific goal; it also sends a message to our future generation that we are capable and nothing is impossible with hope. pic.twitter.com/e1NtICcHRo
— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) April 25, 2020
The Probe transfer is a total success
The UAE space agency took the probe and transported it to Tanegashima Island just off the coast of Japan. This small island will serve as the launch site for the Hope probe. The transport operation took 83 hours. Engineers from the UAE space agency used their skills to work in coordination with Japanese authorities on this mission.
Despite global flight suspensions & health precautions, our engineers are working according to schedule to complete the region’s top space science project. The probe was developed in 6 years, less than the usual global period of 10, and at half the cost. We aim to launch in July pic.twitter.com/eW3CAk6GGS
— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) April 25, 2020
UAE Space Agency runs well ahead of schedule
The creation of this Mars Hope Probe originally had a 10 years production timeline. Now the top Engineers at the UAE Space Agency have completed its construction in just 6 years. Even more impressive is that they completed this project at half the original cost budget. This is truly a testament to the great skill of all the workers at the UAE Space Agency.
