- The UAE Space Agency and Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre has announced that 85% of the Hope Probe project has been completed.
- Hope mission is a Space mission by UAE which has planned to send an unmanned probe to orbit Mars by 2021.It will become the first Arab Country to do so.
- The Hope Mars Mission is also called as Emirates Mars Mission.The launching of the spacecraft is going to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the founding of the UAE.
- The Hope probe mission will cover all aspects that have not been previously covered whether scientific or knowledge-based.It will work on drawing a clear and comprehensive picture of the Martian climate and the causes of the corrosion of its surface that has made it impossible for water to exist on the planet.
- The project will also provide insights about the weather on the Mars.It will observe weather phenomena such as dust storms and changes in temperature and how the atmosphere interacts with topography,from the highest volcano peaks to ice sheets to the vast deserts and the deepest canyons.
