In a moment that will go down in history, the United Arab Emirates and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre are ready for their first interplanetary voyage: the Emirates Mars Mission. The probe, called Al Amal (which translates to “Hope” from Arabic), is set to launch on a Japanese H-IIA rocket at 17:58:14 EDT (21:58:14 UTC) from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan to begin a seven-month voyage to Mars. Al Amal: The first Arab nation mission to another planet Announced in July 2014, the Emirates Mars Mission began with the goal of placing an Emirati probe in orbit of […]
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Launch of the Perseverance rover to Mars is nearly at hand, with United Launch Alliance entering into the final phase of pre-launch preparations for the payload and rocket. But by far the most fascinating pre-launch element of this mission isn’t its processing flow but rather the ability for United Launch Alliance to “add” at least 10 days to the end of the overall launch period. Processing to launch Processing of the Atlas V rocket for launch hasn’t gone as smoothly as teams would like, admitted Scott Messer, ULA Program Manager for NASA LSP missions. “I’d say it’s been maybe a little […]
After six years of preparation, the United Arab Emirates is set to launch its first spacecraft to Mars, and what it describes as the red planet’s first weather satellite. The spacecraft, named Hope, is now officially complete and ready to blast off to Mars on July 14, the Emirati engineers announced. The UAE is determined to pull off its Emirates Mars Mission by 2021, in time for the 50th anniversary of the founding of its multi-country union. If the launch goes ahead, it will take seven months of traveling through space before the spacecraft reaches Mars, in February 2021. Also on rt.com […]