UAE's Hope Probe capture its first image in Mars

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The UAE’s Hope Probe, which successfully entered the orbit of Mars last Tuesday, has sent the first image of the Red Planet, the Emirates Mars Mission team announced on Sunday.


His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has shared the first image of Mars taken by UAE’s Hope Probe on Twitter.

“The first picture of Mars captured by the first-ever Arab probe in history, 25,000 km above the Red Planet’s surface,” Sheikh Mohammed tweeted.

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, also tweeted the first picture transmitted by Hope Probe from Mars.

“The transmission of the Hope Probe’s first image of Mars is a defining moment in our history and marks the UAE joining advanced nations involved in space exploration. We hope this mission will lead to new discoveries about Mars which will benefit humanity,” Sheikh Mohamed tweeted.

The picture was taken by the EXI digital exploration camera, one of EMM’s three scientific instruments. It is a multi-wavelength radiation tolerant camera that can take 12-megapixel images and took the image from an altitude of around 25,000km above the Martian surface.

The flexible readout modes allow customisation of resolution, regions of interest and frame rate to meet the needs of the user. The colour is created from a composite of red, green, and blue EXI images. The North pole of Mars is in the upper left of the image.

The probe’s entry to Mars’ orbit marks the end of four of the six stages of its space journey that started in July 20, 2020: Launch, Early Operations, Cruise and The Mars Orbit Insertion. The probe is currently entering the ‘transition to science’ phase, before it commences the ‘science’ phase to study the Martian atmosphere.

The last phase of the probe’s journey is set to begin in April. The probe will officially enter the Science phase to complete the first-ever planet-wide, 24x7 picture of Mars’ atmospheric dynamics and weather daily, throughout all seasons for one full Martian year (687 earth days) until April 2023. The probe, however, can be used for another two years for additional data collection

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