UAE leaders laud Mars team’s hard work to make launch happen amid Covid-19

UAE leaders laud Mars team’s hard work to make launch happen amid Covid-19

All the hard work that went into making the mission happen shone through, earning praise from the UAE leaders.





It was all hands on deck as the UAE gears up for the Hope probe liftoff - with the country's leaders taking the time to personally review the final checks for the launch.

The Hope probe will travel 495 million km to space with a cruise speed of 121,000 km/hr in the first ever Arab mission to the Red Planet. The data gathered by the probe will add a new dimension to the human knowledge. This is our latest contribution to the world. pic.twitter.com/GbVSfjQSRL

- HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) July 18, 2020

In a video call on Saturday, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai; His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces; and Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and President of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) reached out to the Hope probe teams on the ground in Japan and the control room in Dubai's Al Khawaneej.

We