The United Arab Emirates' Hope mission to Mars in photos
By Elizabeth Howell an hour ago
The UAE's first interplanetary mission
The United Arab Emirates' Hope mission, scheduled to launch to the Red Planet July 16, 2020 will conduct a detailed examination of the Martian atmosphere.
Also known as the Emirates Mars Mission, Hope is an orbiter designed to spend one Martian year (two Earth years) looking at the Red Planet's atmosphere, studying how it eroded over time until Mars no longer was able to host liquid water on the surface. WHY ARE THEY NOW GOING TO MARS???