Hope was designed as a two-year mission after reaching Mars orbit in 2021, following a July 2020 launch that made the UAE the ...
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi: The UAE Space Agency announced today the extension of the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) – the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation – until 2028.
On May 14, 2021, China’s Tianwen-1 lander plummeted from space to streak through the skies above Mars’s vast plain of Utopia Planitia, with an aeroshell protecting it from the heat and plasma of its ...