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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Sat Nov 28, 2020, 11:35 PM Nov 2020

UAE mission to Mars on course to arrive in February 2021


Spacecraft known as Hope carries instruments designed to study the tenuous Martian atmosphere

Stuart Clark
@DrStuClark
Thu 26 Nov 2020 16.30 EST

The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) is on course to arrive at the Red Planet on 9 February. A third and final major trajectory correction manoeuvre (TCM) was completed on 10 November. An additional minor TCM in December will tee it up for a Mars orbit insertion manoeuvre next year. Without the need for further major course corrections, the mission team can begin early science observations of Mars and interplanetary space.

The EMM spacecraft, also known as Hope, carries three instruments primarily designed to study the tenuous Martian atmosphere. With its arrival, the United Arab Emirates will become the fifth region, after the US, Russia, Europe and India, to reach Mars. Launched in July 2020, it is one of three spacecraft currently en route to the red planet. China’s Tianwen orbiter and rover, and the US rover Perseverance were also launched at the same time.

EMM is the first interplanetary mission by an Arab nation, and was developed by a team led from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Dubai. It was funded by the UAE government through the UAE Space Agency.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/nov/26/uae-mission-to-mars-on-course-to-arrive-in-february-2021
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UAE mission to Mars on course to arrive in February 2021 (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2020 OP
If they find dweller Nov 2020 #1
Impressive! UAE, wow! Duppers Nov 2020 #2
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