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Shaikh Mohammad reviews final design of Hope Probe, the first UAE mission to explore Mars Image Credit: Dubai Media Office

Dubai: The final design of the HopeProbe, the region’s first-of-its-kind mission to explore Mars has been approved, making the UAE among the nine countries aspiring to explore the Red Planet.

The final design was endorsed His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

The Hope Probe is set to arrive in Mars by 2021 in conjunction with the UAE celebration with the national day.

“Space tops the UAE aspiration and we invest in our national cadres to provide a new addition to the human knowledge about Mars. The Hope Probe represents a paradigm shift in the UAE scientific progress and is the first of its kind step in the Arab and Islamic world that would further contribute to serving the humanity”, Shaikh Mohammad said.

Shaikh Mohammad also approved the second phase of the UAE satellite manufacturing and assembling complex.