UAE MARS MISSION LAUNCHES FROM JAPAN

The United Arab Emirates has succeeded with the initial stage of its first-ever Mars mission, thanks to the launch of an H-IIA rocket built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Launched from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. The launch had originally been scheduled for July 14 but was delayed multiple times due to poor weather conditions at the launch site. The spacecraft separated from the rocket about an hour after liftoff and was expected to deploy its solar panels to power the seven-month cruise to Mars.

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Now that the SUV-sized spacecraft is on its way, Hope still has a long journey ahead of it — 300 million miles (500 million kilometers) long, in fact. The spacecraft will spend seven months trekking through deep space before slipping into orbit around the Mars. From that point, Hope will spend a full Martian year, or nearly two Earth years, orbiting Mars and studying its atmosphere.

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