H.H. Sheikh Mohammed announces Hope Probe's Mars arrival date

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and the Ruler of Dubai, announced that the Hope Probe will reach Mars on February 9, 2021.

In a post on social media, His Highness stated that the UAE's probe has completed its last trajectory manoeuvre.

Sheikh Mohammed noted that the spacecraft has travelled 290 million kilometres in space in 111 days.

His Highness added that the arrival of the first Arab mission to Mars will be celebrated.

 

 

 

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