How Hope Mars mission put the Arab world back in the space exploration game | Arab News

u003Cpu003ErtDUBAI: One small step for the UAE came as a giant leap for the Arab world last February when the UAE became the first Middle East nation to mount a successful unmanned mission to Mars. According to one NASA scientist, the region has shown that it has immense potential in space exploration.u003C/pu003Erru003Cpu003ErtThe UAE probe, named Hope, which was launched in July 2020 from Japanu2019s Tanegashima Space Center to study the Mars atmosphere, reached its destination earlier this year. The mission has inspired a whole generation of young Arabs to consider a career in space engineering.u003C/pu003Erru003Cpu003Ertu201cThere is a lot of potential…