ARABS ENTER MARS’S ATMOSPHERE IN 2021

Riyadh, 3 Sya’ban 1436/21 May 2015 (MINA) – The announcement made this month by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency about its plan to send a compact car-sized probe into orbit around Mars is a historic step for the Arabohpone and the Islamic World.

The announcement included the blueprints and scientific goals for the mission now set for launch in July 2020, Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) signaled that the probe will secure the Arab state’s role in both the international planetary science community and the global space technology sector, On Islam quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The 1,500-kilogram Hope or al-Amal in Arabic probe may spend as long as four years in Mars orbit.

Once there, its work will include analysis of the Martian atmosphere in hopes of finding answers to ongoing conundrums involving Mars’ long term water loss via atmospheric photo-dissociation.

That is, the reactive chemical breakdown of water (H2O) brought on by the Sun’s incoming photons. (T/P006/R03)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)