Opening new horizons for scientific exploration of the red planet

The Hope Probe provides new views of the Martian atmosphere

The "Hope Probe" contributes to the formation of a complete picture of the atmosphere of Mars.

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The scientific data published by the Emirates Mars Exploration Project, "Probe of Hope", contributed to launching a scientific movement around the atmosphere of Mars, providing new views of the Martian atmosphere, and these unprecedented scientific data were presented at the annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union 2021 in New Orleans. in the United States.

The scientific data sent by the “Probe of Hope” during its scientific mission to explore the climate and atmosphere of the Red Planet, open new horizons for scientific explorations of Mars, especially with the major discoveries that were previously announced about new and amazing observations of the separate aurora of Mars, and the unprecedented monitoring of structures resulting from Mars. The interaction of oxygen and carbon monoxide in the atmosphere of the planet, and the probe is currently contributing to the formation of a complete daily visualization, the first of its kind of the atmosphere of the red planet.

Engineer Hessa Al Matroushi, Deputy Director of the Emirates Mars Exploration Project, "Probe of Hope" for Scientific Affairs, said, "The success of the Hope probe is certain, based on our results and early observations, and we can actually see a large number of new potential ways to enhance scientific explorations around the Red Planet as a result of to our preliminary data.

"We see Mars in great detail, and we can describe the daily features of the Martian atmosphere for the first time ever, and the possibilities that we are exploring now are beyond our expectations."

The scientific papers that the scientific team of the Hope Probe participated in, and presented at the American Geophysical Union 2021 fall annual meeting in New Orleans, reflect the unique picture of the atmosphere of Mars, which is being built by the Hope Probe, as part of the Emirates Mars Exploration Project, through a set of advanced devices in place. On board, and across the probe's distinctive orbit, which provides new views of the Martian atmosphere, around the clock, day and night, during the four seasons of the red planet.

A member of the scientific team for the infrared spectrometer, Christopher Edwards, said that the ability of the Hope probe to monitor Mars at all times, and over short periods of time, allows studying the daily changes of the clouds surrounding the planet.

Infrared spectrometer observations show that clouds are thicker, covering most of the area in the early morning and late evening, with fewer clouds during the day.

Comparing observations of this instrument with those of a digital reconnaissance camera at visible wavelengths can provide more information about clouds, such as the size of water-ice mist that forms from clouds.

For his part, Michael Wolf, a member of the Scientific Team of the Digital Exploration Camera, said that clouds on Mars are an important part of the water cycle, and determining how they change from hour to hour, and from day to day, is an important part of understanding the nature of both the current and past climates.

While the "Hope Probe" seeks to fill an important gap in scientists' understanding of Mars, and to achieve its mission goal of addressing a number of scientific goals, the unprecedented scientific data that the probe has been able to collect since the beginning of its pioneering scientific mission have been made available to scientists, researchers and hobbyists at worldwide, as it can be downloaded through the Scientific Data Center on the project website https://sdc.emiratesmarsmission.ae

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