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The space agency of the United Arab Emirates has launched its
first mission to Mars. The UAE launched its Hope
on an H2-A rocket from a spaceport in Japan on Monday. The probe is on an
500-million-km
to study the weather and climate on the Red Planet. Hope is scheduled to arrive in Mars'
in February 2021, to coincide with the 50th
of the formation of the UAE. The Emirates Mars Mission will stay in the Martian orbit for 687 days. It will collect
samples of the Martian
to analyse. Scientists in Dubai hope their
will add to our understanding of how Mars lost a lot of its air and water, as well as springing up a few
.
