UAE’s Hope space probe offers never before view of Mars moon
- April 25, 2023
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UAE’s Hope space probe offers never before view of Mars moon
Subject: Science and Technology
Section: Space technology
Context:
- A new map of Mars shows the Red Planet in stunning detail, revealing a wealth of fascinating geological features as seen from orbit.
- The high-resolution map could help scientists answer a number of pressing questions about Marsincluding how it came to be a dry, arid, and barren landscape despite once being abundant with liquid water.
- The Martian map was created by a team of scientists led by New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Center for Space Science (opens in new tab).The researchers used data collected from orbit around Mars by the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), also known as Hope or Al-Amal.
Details:
HOPE
- Unmanned craft, called Amal, Arabic for Hope, had reached the end of its nearly seven-month, 300-million-mile journey and had begun circling the red planet.
- It is a Mars orbiter spacecraft of the United Arab Emirates which is Arab world’s first inter-planetary mission.
- The mission is officially named the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) and the orbiter has been named Hope or ‘Al Amal’.
- The mission has a life of one Martian year (equivalent to 2 earth year).
The Probe carries three scientific instruments:
- Emirates exploration Imager (EXI): A high-resolution camera.
- Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EMUS): A far-UV imaging spectrograph.
- Emirates Mars InfraRed Spectrometer (EMIRS): It will examine temperature profiles, ice, water vapor and dust in the atmosphere of Mars.
Aim of mission
- Climate dynamics and global weather map of Mars by studying the lower atmosphere of Mars
- Weather of Mars affects the escape of hydrogen and oxygen, by correlating conditions in the lower and upper atmosphere
- The presence and variability of hydrogen and oxygen in the upper atmosphere, and why Mars is losing these gases to space.
Significance:
‘Hope’ mission is not only important for UAE, but also for the whole of Arab world, as it is the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.
- Other Missions to Mars:
- China’s Chang’e Project
- USA’s Perseverance
- India Mangalyaan