Emirates Mars Mission
The Emirates Mars Mission () is a United Arab Emirates Space Agency space exploration mission to Mars. The uncrewed Hope (, Al Amal) orbiter was launched on 19 July 2020 at 21:58:14 UTC, and reached Mars on 9 February, 2021. The spacecraft was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan with a Japanese rocket, the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA launcher.
The mission design, development, and operations are led by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC). The spacecraft was created by MBRSC and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder, with support from Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of California, Berkeley.
The Emirates Mars Mission was the first of the three to arrive at Mars, performing a successful orbit entry maneuver on 9 February 2021.
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February 2021 events
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