The UAE lays down history with the success of the Hope probe to reach Mars
The United Arab Emirates has placed the Emirati "Al Amal" probe in orbit around Mars, becoming the first Arab country to reach the red planet.
The director of the Emirates Mars Exploration Project, Omran, declared the honor of the probe’s arrival to Mars’s orbit, saying: “To the people of the UAE, to the Arab and Islamic nation, we announce the success of the UAE’s access to the orbit of the Red Planet. May God be praised.”
The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said, Tuesday, that "the people of the Emirates have turned the dream into a reality and have fulfilled the aspirations of generations of Arabs, with the hope of setting a firm foot in the space race, which has remained the preserve of a limited number of countries."
The ruler of Dubai and Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum stressed that his country is trying to build a development model that assures Arab youth that "we are the children of a civilization." He wrote on Twitter, "Today we are proud of what we have achieved through a march that started from the desert to embrace space in record time. A country that boasts leaders in which they believed in humans, thus creating national competencies that brought us to Mars in a wonderful scene. A new page of history that brings to mind the pioneering Arabs in making civilization." Humanity is in an extraordinary moment. "
In a tweet on the account of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Twitter, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed said: “The arrival of the“ probe of hope ”to Mars is a date with history, which will write that the Emirati will to progress has triumphed over all challenges, and that the bet is on our youth armed with knowledge He achieved the most important Arab scientific achievement in the modern era, and we can fulfill all our ambitions, no matter how difficult or even impossible they seem.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed added: "I am proud of you, my children, and this is the most beautiful start to prepare for the next fifty years .. God willing, this will be the beginning, and we expect a lot from you in the upcoming space projects."
Due to the measures taken to contain Covid-19, gatherings have been limited, but citizens expressed their joy live on television. On social networks, netizens said that the UAE makes them "proud."
And NASA, whose mobile robot is currently heading to Mars, congratulated the Emirates, citing Al-Mutanabi, one of the great Arab poets: "If you ventured in the honor of Marum, do not be satisfied with what is without the stars."
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