With 'Hope Probe' UAE aims to be newest entrant in crowded Martian orbit

The Hope Probe aims to provide the first-ever planet-wide, 24x7 pictures of Mars' atmospheric dynamics and weather

The United Arab Emirates is set to join the exclusive list of countries with spacecraft hovering over Mars as the Hope Probe lifts off on Monday. The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) aims to provide a complete picture of the Martian atmosphere and its layers when it reaches the Red Planet’s orbit in 2021.

Ahead of the launch UAE, Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum said, "The data gathered by the probe will add a new dimension to human knowledge. This is our latest contribution to the world." 

Arab world's first spacecraft for Mars is a