Emirati engineers have worked with three American universities for this mission
The final version of UAE's Hope spacecraft, which launched to space on July 20. Courtesy: Dubai Media Office
The operations control centre at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
The Hope probe has three scientific instruments. This is the Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometre, which will measure the global distribution of dust, ice clouds, water vapour and the temperature of the Martian atmosphere. All photos courtesy of MBRSC
Engineers had installed the Mars infrared spectrometre on the Hope probe at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre' clean room
The Emirates Eploration Imager will take high-resolution images of Mars and will study its lower atmosphere
The exploration imager has an autonomous digital camera and will send back high-resolution colour images
The Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer will study the upper atmosphere and traces of oxygen and hydrogen
Emirati engineers have worked with three American universities for this mission
The final version of UAE's Hope spacecraft, which launched to space on July 20. Courtesy: Dubai Media Office
The operations control centre at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
The Hope probe has three scientific instruments. This is the Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometre, which will measure the global distribution of dust, ice clouds, water vapour and the temperature of the Martian atmosphere. All photos courtesy of MBRSC
Engineers had installed the Mars infrared spectrometre on the Hope probe at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre' clean room
The Emirates Eploration Imager will take high-resolution images of Mars and will study its lower atmosphere
The exploration imager has an autonomous digital camera and will send back high-resolution colour images
The Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer will study the upper atmosphere and traces of oxygen and hydrogen
Emirati engineers have worked with three American universities for this mission
