UAE’s Mars mission: All you need to know about it

UAE’s Mars mission: All you need to know about it

The UAE's mission to Mars is going to "bring hope to Arabs", especially with the ongoing challenges and conflict in the region, a top UAE Space Agency official has said.. And UAE's Hope spacecraft will travel more than 60 million kilometres in seven months to reach the Martian orbit.. The UAE has already set a record for the region last year when the first Emirati launched to space, making him the first Arab to reach the International Space Station.. This July, the country will launch Hope from Japan's Tanegashima Space Centre, with an aim that it reaches the Martian atmosphere in 2021 to coincide with UAE's 50th anniversary.. "Just thinking about the name of the spacecraft - Hope, it carries an essence of the mission," the head of space projects at the UAE Space Agency, Abdulla Al Marar, told Khaleej Times.. "The benefit of this mission is that it is happening for the first time," he said.. UAE's ambitious mission to Mars comes at a crucial time for the global space industry, with many Mars and moon missions taking place.. Nasa will be launching its Mars 2020 rover and by 2024, the US space agency wants to land two astronauts