CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The UAE Space Agency and Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) have recently announced that 85% of the Hope Probe project has been completed. Hope Probe is an ambitious dream project of UAE to send a mission to Mars.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) (previously known as Emirates Institution for Advanced Science & Technology), is known for launching and placing into orbit of satellites DubaiSat 1 and DubaiSat 2, providing satellite imagery, satellite image analysis, ground station leasing and antenna hosting service.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 2020, the UAE’s space agency launched its first Mars mission, less than a decade after it was created. How did they manage it? On 19 July 2020, a few months into a global pandemic that had paralysed the world, a rocket shot into the sky from the Japanese space launch site on its southerly island of Tanegashima.

Detailed explanation-4: -The spacecraft is about halfway through its primary mission. It’s been a full year since the United Arab Emirates made history when its first-ever interplanetary mission slipped into orbit around Mars.