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Jul 20, 2020

The United Arab Emirates successfully launches its first spacecraft bound for Mars

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The United Arab Emirates’ first interplanetary mission successfully took off from the southern tip of Japan on July 20th, sending up a car-sized probe bound for the planet Mars. The spacecraft, called Hope, will now spend the next seven months traveling through deep space, before inserting itself into Mars’ orbit in February.

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