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Arab world’s first Mars probe takes to the skies

Celebration is tinged with relief as US$200-million orbiter embarks on 7-month odyssey to the red planet.
  1. Elizabeth Gibney
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The United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter is now winging its way to Mars after launching successfully from the Tanegashima Space Center near Minamitane, Japan. The probe, built by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) together with US partners, is the first interplanetary mission from any Arab state.

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Nature 583, 499-500 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02170-2

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