B.P.S.C. CDPO (Pre) 2022
Which of the following Arab countries launched its spacecraft (Hope/Al-Amal) to Mars in the year 2020 under the Mars mission?
aUnited Arab Emirates✓ Correct
bSaudi Arabia
cKuwait
dEgypt
eNone of the above/More than one of the above
Explanation
In July, 2020, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched its first spacecraft, Hope/Al-Amal, to Mars from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center under the Mars mission. The cost of this Mars mission is about 200 million dollars. Its objective is to provide a complete picture of Mars’s atmosphere by studying its daily and seasonal changes.
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