Hope Probe's findings on dust storms vital for future missions

The Hope Probe will be a major contribution to the Mars science community, the ESA said in a statement issued to Emirates News Agency, WAM

The UAE’s Mars Mission, Hope Probe, is expected to give a better understanding of the global dust storms, which will be crucial for future human missions to Mars, according to the European Space Agency, ESA.

“The Hope Probe will be a major contribution to the Mars science community,” the ESA said in a statement issued to Emirates News Agency, WAM.

The agency’s comments came ahead of the Hope Probe’s launch from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Centre during a three-week-long window ending 3rd August, possibly between 20th and 22nd July. Weather conditions caused a delay to the scheduled launch twice – 14th and 17th July.

The first interplanetary mission from the Arab World will travel 493.5 million kilometres over seven months to reach Mars’ orbit in February 2021, coinciding with the UAE’s Golden Jubilee celebrations to mark the union of the Emirates.

The ESA is one among the four space agencies that have successfully made it to Mars, along with National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Nasa, of the US, the former Soviet Union space programme, and Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO.