Hope probe: UAE launches Mars mission - BBC News

The Hope probe launched on an H2-A rocket from Tanegashima spaceport, and is now on a 500-million-km journey to study Mars' weather and climate.

Two previous attempts to launch the probe in the past week had to be called off because of adverse weather.

Hope's arrival in February 2021 is set to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the UAE's formation.

The UAE craft is one of three missions to Mars launching this month.

[everfasterracing]

I think it's amazing that more countries are exploring beyond our world. We can discover more quicker this way and more countries can unite together. It's very exciting

[sourabhs]

Congratulations UAE. I hope, the mission is successful.
Greetings from India.

[chadwickhjones]

Great to see that UAE sees a future in space

[ancerpi]

To those who don't know, there's a law that no country is allowed to claim another planet as their own. This prevents war on Earth for that planet.

[ancerpi]

They're Dragon Ball fans, Bulma already named her time traveling spaceship as "Hope" during Cell Saga episodes.

[Benzijune]

Instead of wasting millions of dollars to explore the planet Mars ;How about feeding the hungry people of Yemen 🇾🇪

[HarbhajanSingh-jzxs]

Love from India
May you succeed in all of your missions. 👍👍

[JoggingWithForks]

Correction.
UAE pays for an American designed and built probe launched by Japan.
Not a single nut, bolt, strut or instrument on this thing was developed or built in the UAE.
It did however spend some time sitting on a platform in a cleanroom in the UAE, but just long enough for them to be able to claim involvement.

[amrelmaghraby]

The reason why we explore space is because we fear the unknown. If everything is known, then no fear must be experienced.

[imfrompakistan]

A mission to find water on Mars while UAE itself facing water crisis in UAE

[ravirathi]

After reading hate comments I'm thinking
Was this world always like this or it has become lately?
Science is one of the few things that is capable of bringing people 👭 together.
Love to UAE from INDIA 🇮🇳 .

[ominojaku]

So you can’t go back to the moon because you “lost” the data...but now you’re going to mars? Just like that...GTFO

[allure_s]

The racism & hate in the comments just because it's not a western country aka eutopia lol 😂 congratulations for UAE 👏

[streamx]

Made possible thanks to America. Without American universities and professors mentoring UAE Engineers working on this project, this would not have been possible in the next 100 years.

[TechGurugCom]

I remember when India did all this stuff better with own tech than there was no news now entire internet feel with this launch. Wonder why ?

[kashdaggupati]

out of 200 million nearly 100 million is the fund allocated for mitsubishis launch vehicle. albeit the mission is claimed to be indigenously built, the launch vehicle technology exclusively belongs to Japan. it is just the probe which costed them 120 million. just for comparing it with other significant missions, Indias costed 76 million with the probe and launch vehicle both technologies indigenous to India. united Arab emirates wants to start the era of space exploration for the future of its country but skipped building a launch vehicle which is the first step for a promising future endeavors with its affluence.

[ndvilow]

Hope the rocket is big enough to fit all warmongers.

[jayasurya]

Wishing them to achieve their goals🖒, from India, salaam

[Katyusha]

Oh! Which part of the UAE is Tanegashima in?
Seriously though: not sure you can claim your country is a spacefaring one if all you did was buy a rocket and blast it off from another country. The prestige comes from the fact that your country has the infrastructure and know-how to launch rockets into space. Otherwise Kennedy should have just passed Khruschev a few bucks and asked him to launch a Soviet rocket with an American flag plastered on the side.

[bingobingo]

The mission ONLY paid by UAE and nothing else.