UAE became 1st West Asian & Arab Nation to Launch Space Mission to Mars.
It is the first-ever interplanetary space mission to Mars from Tanegashima Space Centre, off the coast of Kyushu, Japan atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA rocket.
It is also known as Al-Amal or Emirates Mars Mission, this $200 million mission will be the first to study both Martian climate viz. diurnal (daily) and seasonal cycles.
The mission arrival is expected to reach Mars’s orbit by February 2021 (7 months from now), is designed to mark the 50th anniversary of the unification of the UAE, an alliance of seven emirates.
Additional information: NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Mars 2020 mission to take off on July 30 by launching rover Perseverance. It is a massive six-wheeled, life-hunting rover carrying a tiny helicopter that will (if all goes well) become the first aircraft to fly on another planet.
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