Mohammed bin Rashid: The probe of hope traveled five distance to the Red Planet .. Today exceeded 100 million kilometers on his journey towards Mars

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the Emirates and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, announced that the "probe" traveled about a fifth of the distance prescribed to the Red Planet, a month after its launch on its historical journey to Mars, as the first mission to explore the outer space led by an Arab state.

His Highness posted on his official account on the "Twitter" a photo taken by the Al -Amal probe by the stars tracking device, tweeting His Highness by saying: "Today the probe exceeded 100 million km on its trip to the Red Planet..Mars is in front of us, Saturn and Jupiter behind us, as in the pictures..The expected arrival February 2021, God willing..And preserve it..And his success..Access to our goals requires not to pay attention.".

His Highness said: "In less than 170 days, we will celebrate, God willing, to enter the Emirati probe orbit..The UAE will make an amazing chapter in the history of Marsi missions in the world..

His Highness added: "The UAE project to explore Mars will make a qualitative shift in the satellite industries sectors in the UAE..It will open new scientific horizons towards other space missions..

And His Highness pointed out that "the next stage in our development career requires scientific investment directed in our human wealth..We want Emirati minds that lead us to the future from the gate of scientific and knowledge excellence..

The distance traveled by the Al -Amal probe since its successful launch on July 20 to Mars is equivalent to about 20% of the total distance that its journey takes to reach the Red Planet, which is equal to about 493 million kilometers, during 17% of the expected time period of the trip specified within the framework of 7 months according toScientific plan.

This achievement comes within the planned interim stations for the UAE project to explore Mars, after the recent announcement of the success of the probe in the completion of the first operating operations of the six payment devices in it and directing its path directly towards Mars, in preparation for its arrival at its specified destination in the planet's orbit after less than 170 daysFrom now, by February 2021, as expected, in conjunction with the celebrations of the United Arab Emirates in the golden jubilee to establish its union.

And the speed of the probe in the current stage ranges between 110,400 to 122,400 km per hour, and the distance that the probe traveled so far is equal to about a fifth of the distance towards Mars, equivalent to the trip from Earth to the moon at 130 times.

And the probe will work with its approaching later stages of Mars to reduce its speed in a self -reduction, and according to a smart control system to 18 thousand kilometers per hour, before entering the orbit of the Red Planet.

The process of examining the three scientific devices on board the probe that works in harmony with each other includes a "exploration camera", which is a digital camera to capture high -resolution digital digital images of Mars and to measure ice and ozone in the lower layer of the atmosphere, and the "radi -spectrum scale device Under Red "which measures temperatures, distribution of dust, water vapor and iceiast clouds in the lower layer of the atmosphere, in addition to the" UV, ultraviolet radiation "to measure oxygen and carbon oxide in the thermal layer, hydrogen measurement and oxygen in the top layer of the atmosphere.

These devices are designed to collect the largest size of information about the climate of Mars, as they will provide unprecedented scientific answers in the field of exploration of Mars, including the search for common factors that combine the current climate on Mars and its climate in the distant past before losing its atmosphere, and studying the reasons for the fading of the atmosphere.In Mars, discovering the relationship and interaction between the upper and lower layers of the atmosphere of Mars, and providing the first comprehensive image of how the atmosphere of Mars and weather changes changed throughout the day and through all seasons of the year continuously.