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Mike Wehner
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- The second Mars mission arriving at Mars this month is the 'Hope' mission launched by the United Arab Emirates.
- The mission has already reached its destination, and the spacecraft just sent back its very first image of Mars from its approach.
- The mission inserted an orbiter around Mars that will observe and measure various aspects of the planet's atmosphere.
You've probably heard a lot about the NASA Perseverance rover mission that is slated to arrive on Mars in a matter of days. You've probably also seen plenty of headlines about China's Mars rover mission which is also arriving at the Red Planet this month. With those two missions dominating coverage of space news, the first Mars mission from the United Arab Emirates has fallen through the cracks to a small degree. Well, the bright minds working on the groundbreaking adventure are here to remind everyone that they're doing great things too, and they just published their first photo of Mars to prove it.
The UAE's "Hope" spacecraft just fired back its very first image of Mars, and it's a beauty. The probe has already entered orbit around the Red Planet, having completed that important milestone a few days ago, but its camera was already firing as it approached, and the UAE just made the first of those images public.
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New Mars mission sends back first photo of the Red Planet originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 15 Feb 2021 at 19:07:41 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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