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.
فيديو: محمد بن راشد يزور مركز محمد بن راشد للفضاء ويعتمد التصميم النهائي لمسبار الأمل ويضع القطعة الأساسية لأول قمر صناعي عربي "خليفة سات" pic.twitter.com/pEXi9hLBQC
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) November 2, 2016
“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.
We added the first component on the chassis of KhalifaSat, the first satellite in the Arab World made fully by our young Emirati engineers. pic.twitter.com/REVCqnyKOf— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) November 2, 2016
The average age of the 100% Emirati engineering team at the Space Center is 27. 40% of them are women. They are the pride of UAE. pic.twitter.com/nnIMt5pyh8— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) November 2, 2016
Today I inaugurated the new satellite manufacturing facility at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai. pic.twitter.com/wiK38Ox5Kp— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) November 2, 2016