T-Minus One Day Until The Emirates Mars Mission Hope Probe Takes Off!
Just after midnight tomorrow night, the UAE will attempt to be the first EVER Arab nation to reach Mars.
The Emirates Mars Mission will travel a distance of 493.5 MILLION kilometres and it will take 7 months to reach Mars. The probe aims to answer key questions about the global Martian atmosphere, encourage global cooperation for continued space exploration and it will be the first probe to provide a complete picture of the Martian atmosphere and its layers when it reaches the red planet’s orbit in 2021. Launching from Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan, you can watch it live at 12.51.27 UAE time on July 15.
Countdown ON for a historic moment in space history!
Don’t miss the live stream of this historic launch! #HopeMarsMissionhttps://t.co/A0mQfe2Awh pic.twitter.com/PWZLV2yfxe
— Hope Mars Mission (@HopeMarsMission) July 11, 2020
The probe aims to understand climate dynamics and the global weather map through characterizing the lower atmosphere of Mars
It will aim to explain how the weather changes the escape of Hydrogen and Oxygen through correlating the lower atmosphere conditions with the upper atmosphere and understand the structure and variability of Hydrogen and Oxygen in the upper atmosphere, as well as identifying why Mars is losing them into space.
How will the #HopeProbe study the Martian climate? Learn about its scientific instruments and stay tuned for the launch of the probe on July 15.#HopeMarsMission pic.twitter.com/KiPdvVTRmj
— MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) July 6, 2020
You can watch the launch LIVE at 12.51.27 UAE time on July 15
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