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The United Arab Emirates has published the first image for its Mars probe now circling the red planet.
The picture, taken Wednesday, shows sunlight just coming across the surface of Mars. It shows Mars’ north pole, as well as Mars’ largest volcano, Olympus Mons.
The image comes from its “Amal”, or “Hope”, space probe.
The probe swung into orbit around Mars on Tuesday in a triumph for the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, UAE prime minister and Dubai’s ruler, shared the coloured image on Twitter on Sunday.

“The first picture of Mars captured by the first-ever Arab probe in history,” he wrote.
The mission is designed to reveal the secrets of Martian weather, but the UAE also wants it to serve as an inspiration for the region’s youth.
China’s Tianwen-1 Mars probe goes into red planet orbit
Hope became the first of three spacecraft to arrive at the Red Planet this month after China and the US also launched missions in July, taking advantage of a period when the Earth and Mars are nearest.
On Friday, China’s space agency released video footage from its spacecraft circling Mars, two days after it successfully entered the planet’s orbit.
The five-tonne Tianwen-1 - which translates as “Questions to Heaven” - includes a Mars orbiter, a lander and a solar-powered rover and launched from southern China last July.
Tianwen-1 launched around the same time as a rival US mission, and is expected to touch down on the surface of the planet in May.


Nasa’s Perseverance, which is set to touch down on the Red Planet on February 18, will become the fifth rover to complete the voyage since 1997 - and all so far have been American.
The UAE’s venture was timed to mark the 50th anniversary of the unification of the nation’s seven emirates.
“Hope” will orbit the Red Planet for at least one Martian year, or 687 days, using three scientific instruments to monitor the Martian atmosphere.
It is expected to begin transmitting more information back to Earth in September 2021, with the data available for scientists around the world to study.
Associated Press and Agence France-Presse


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First photo of Mars from UAE’s ‘Hope’ space probe

The first image of Mars taken by the Hope probe. Photo: EPA

epa08999520 A handout photo made available by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) shows an illustration of the arrival of the Hope Probe to Mars orbit (issued on 09 February 2021). The Emirates Mars Mission Hope Probe is the first planetary mission led by an Arab-Islamic country and the space probe is to study the Martian atmosphere. EPA-EFE/MBRSC/UAE Space Agency HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

China launches its first independent mission to Mars

A Mars probe is launched on a Long March-5 rocket in southern Hainan province on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua

== PICTURE CAPTURED FROM WEIBIO == China’s first probe to Mars will be launched in the same time window as the United States’ mission this summer, according to the state media. The Tianwen-1 spacecraft will be launched at some time in July or August by a Long March 5 heavy lift rocket, expected to reach and be captured by the gravity field of the red planet next February, and then release a ground rover to land on Mars, Bao Weimin, head of Science and Technology Committee of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAST) told the state TV.  Photo: WEIBIO

新華社照片，文昌（海南），2020年7月23日 長征五號遙四運載火箭點火升空 我國首次火星探測任務開始 7月23日，長征五號遙四運載火箭在中國文昌航天發射場點火升空，實施我國首次火星探測任務（天問一號任務）。 新華社記者 郭程 攝

China’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission adding to growing domestic interest in space

A delivery driver waits for an order at a themed cafe in Beijing, as China’s ambitious missions add to people’s interest in space. Photo: AP

First Arab space mission to Mars launches from Japan

An H-2A rocket carrying the Hope Probe lifts off from the launch pad at Tanegashima Space Centre on July 20, 2020. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters

Emirati men are pictured at the mission control center for the "Hope" Mars probe at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai on July 19, 2020, ahead of it's expected launch from Japan. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

In this image made from MHI's youtube channel, the H-IIA rocket with United Arab Emirates' Mars orbiter Hope lifts off from Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, southern Japan, Monday, July 20, 2020. (MHI via AP)

People view a big screen displaying the booster rocket of the Hope Probe ahead of its launch from Tanegashima Island in Japan, at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Emirati men watch the launch of the “Amal” or “Hope” space probe at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai. Photo: AP Photo

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Success of mission makes UAE the fifth country to reach Mars



The probe reached Mars after a seven-month journey, making the UAE the first Arab country to launch a successful interplanetary mission.


First photo of Mars from UAE’s ‘Hope’ space probe

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Probe expected to spend two years in orbit, studying planet’s atmosphere

Success of mission makes UAE the fifth country to reach Mars