08 February 2021
UAE Hope probe poised to enter Mars' orbit tomorrow
... always includes an element of risk and we are keenly aware that 50 percent of all missions to Mars have failed,” Omran Sharaf, Project Director of the Emirates Mars Mission, said. If all goes according to plan, then the UAE will become the...
23 July 2020
China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission launches successfully
...Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Along with Perseverance and Tianwen-1, the UAE's Hope mission makes up the trio of missions heading to Mars this month, Perseverance is the successor to NASA’s Curiosity rover, and will head to the 49 kilometre...
15 July 2020
UAE Hope Mission postponed again due to bad weather
... has a window until 3 August to launch the probe. Speaking at a virtual briefing, Omran Al Sharaf, project manager of Emirates Mars Mission, said the team were keeping a close on the weather but there was a chance the launch would...
August 2018
UAE’s ambitious plans for space sector growth
... (UESA). Under this programme we are developing the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) which will be our first probe to the... is one of the best ways to do that. The Emirates Mars Mission orbiter, Hope. Can we assume you will use international facilities? Yes...
15 November 2019
First public test of Mars lander for China ahead of 2020 launch
... about seven minutes, which is the most difficult and the most risky part of the whole mission," said the Mars mission's chief designer, Zhang Rongqiao. If China succeeds, it will be the only other nation along with the...
10 February 2021
Success for China as Tianwen-1 enters Mars' orbit
... News site tweeted of its success shortly after contact was re-established; “Just now, China’s first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1 probe, implemented near-fire capture breaking…The probe successfully entered the circular fire orbit...
