The United Arab Emirates has launched its first mission to Mars, kicking off the Arab world’s first interplanetary expedition. The launch of the orbiter from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center marks the beginning of the 7-month journey to the Red Planet.
Engineers and scientists from NASA and MIT are building a plan to make it happen.TOKYO -- A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a seven-month journey to Mars, kicking off the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.
At Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai, Emirati men in their traditional white kandora robes and women in their black abayas watched transfixed as the rocket lifted off. As its stages separated, a cheer went out from a group of Emirati men seated on the floor. They began clapping, one using his face mask due to the“It was great to see everything going according to schedule today. It looks like things are all on track.
“So the region has been going through tough times in the past decades, if not centuries,” Sharaf said. “Now we have the case of the UAE, a country that’s moving forward with its plans, looking at the future and the future of region also.”“Developing a spacecraft is not easy even if there is ample funding,” said Junya Terazono, an astronomer at Aizu University.
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