HOPE Probe: the first Mars mission from the United Arab Emirates, and the first mission ever to Mars from the Arab region as well. Launched earlier in 2020 and arriving in 2021, the hope probe is an orbiter type spacecraft with 3 meters x 7.9 meters (9.8 feet x 25.9 feet) area including the solar panels that produce 600 watts.

The probe is equipped with a hydrazine propulsion system and holds two spectrometers (infrared and ultraviolet) and an imager to achieve the mission’s goals which include a special objective of the first complete picture of the Martian atmosphere.

Image Source and Credit: UAE Space Agency