UAE’s Hope probe: First photo from Mars mission released

UAE’s Hope probe: First photo from Mars mission released

The United Arab Emirates has published the first image of Mars sent by its space probe.The picture, taken on Wednesday, shows sunlight coming across the surface of Mars, as well as the planet's north pole and largest volcano, Olympus Mons.

The image comes from the spacecraft named Hope, or Amal in Arabic, which swung into orbit around Mars on Tuesday following a seven-month flight.

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The probe is called Hope, or Amal in Arabic



It is a triumph for the Arab world's first interplanetary mission and makes the UAE the fifth nation to ever reach the red planet.The £160m satellite aims to provide a picture of the Martian atmosphere by studying daily and seasonal changes on the planet and is the first of three space missions due to reach Mars this month.