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September 10, 2024

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[ September 9, 2024 ] SpaceX surmounts challenging weather, launches Polaris Dawn astronaut mission Falcon 9
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Arab world’s first Mars mission packs a scientific punch

July 13, 2020 Stephen Clark

The UAE’s Hope mission is set for liftoff this week from Japan, taking aim on Mars with a package of scientific instruments designed to probe weather and climate change on the Red Planet.

UAE’s first Mars probe meets launcher in Japan

July 12, 2020 Stephen Clark

A Mars orbiter developed by the United Arab Emirates in partnership with U.S. scientists has been mounted on top of a Japanese H-2A rocket and its battery charged for liftoff Tuesday from the Tanegashima Space Center.