WATCH...UAE's "Hope Probe" Sends 1st Photo of Mars

On Sunday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Ruler of Dubai published the first photo of Mars planet captured by the 'Hope Probe'.

 

In a tweet, Al-Maktoum said, "The first picture of Mars captured by the first-ever Arab probe in history, 25,000 km above the Red Planet's surface."

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On Tuesday, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) made history as the first Arab country to reach Mars.

The UAE mission to Mars “Hope Probe” reached the red planet at 7:42 pm, UAE time. The ground control team at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai erupted to cheers after the mission sent its response signal back to Earth after just half an hour.

“After 204 days and more than 480 million kilometers, the Hope Probe is now in the Mars Orbit,” the official Hope Mars Mission wrote in a tweet.

Since more than half of all Mars missions actually failed, experts have estimated the chance of successfully entering Mars orbit at about 50% success chance. 

The Hope Probe is a $200 million project, which was launched on July 20 from Japan’s Tanegashima station, and will now spend one Martian year, the equivalent of 687 days on Earth, to study and collect data on Mars’ atmosphere.