Successful Hope Mission commemorates a Golden Jubilee where anything is possible

This achievement is not our country’s alone to celebrate—but shared with enthusiasm around the world in a collaborative spirit to advance scientific knowledge.

First Emirates Mars Mission catches Olympus Mons at sunrise: This picture was taken by the EXI instrument from an altitude of 24,700 km above the Martian surface at 20:36 UTC on Feb. 10 2021, one day after arriving at Mars.Photograph courtesy of the U.A.E. Space Agency

Opinion

BY FAHAD SAEED AL RAQBANI

February 18, 2021

The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) made history on Feb. 9 when our Hope Mission successfully entered Mars’ orbit—as only one of six countries in the world to do so—and will be the first country to gather new pivotal scientific data on the atmosphere of the red planet to better understand our ow...

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