Look: UAE Hope Probe shares new data on Martian atmosphere

Look: UAE Hope Probe shares new data on Martian atmosphere

Dubai: The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) has shared new observations conducted by the Hope Probe about Martian atmosphere, in its third batch of scientific data collected by the probe’s instruments during its mission in Martian orbit, between September 1 and November 30 last year. The data from the third batch included more than 57 gigabytes of information, images and data about the Red Planet’s atmosphere, making the total data released by the Hope Probe equivalent to 827.7 gigabytes. Images from the Hope Probe’s instruments can be accessed on the Emirates Mars Mission’s website. Within the data, a special high-cadence imagery observation took place, using the Emirates Exploration Imager (EXI) camera. The observation was meant to capture motion and evolution in the atmosphere, where it observed high-density clouds on November 22 last year. According to EMM, during the period in which the third batch of data was collected, the Mars Solar Conjunction phase took place, which paused communication, scientific observations and data collection. “This was due to the blocked line-of-sight communication between Earth and the missions around Mars, with Earth and Mars being on the opposite sides of the Sun. During this phase, which happens almost every two years, the Sun