Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid shares new image of Mars taken by Hope Probe – The National

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid shares new image of Mars taken by Hope Probe – The National

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, has shared a new picture of Mars taken by the Hope Probe.

Sheikh Mohammed on Saturday said data Hope had gleaned showed larger-than-expected amounts of oxygen on the Red Planet.

The UAE has also begun sharing the scientific data it obtained with scientific centres around the world.

The image was of the northern parts of Mars.

Hope’s mission is to study the upper and lower atmosphere of the planet and the Emirates Mars Mission team will reveal more findings in the coming weeks.

The orbiter has also sent back thousands of scientific images that help the scientific community understand more about the Martian surface.

Data being shared included breakthrough findings on how there is larger amounts of oxygen in the Martian atmosphere than expected.

The image shared on Saturday shows the spring season in the northern parts of the planet, with the Tharsis Montes region that hosts three large shield volcanoes clearly visible on the left.

After entering orbit on February 9, the probe started capturing scientific data on the levels of gases present in the planet’s upper atmosphere, including hydrogen, oxygen and carbon monoxide.

This image taken by the Hope probe's ultraviolet spectrometer (one of its three scientific