UAE celebrates launch of first Arab interplanetary mission

The United Arab Emirates celebrated in the early hours of Monday morning the launch of its “Hope” probe to Mars, the first interplanetary mission by an Arab nation. “A message of pride, hope and peace to the Arab region, in which we renew the golden age of Arab and Islamic discoveries,” the government of the UAE, which is made of seven emirates including the capital of Abu Dhabi and freewheeling Dubai, said on Twitter.