Mars Visitors: US, UAE, China in 2/2021
UAE, China, US Satellites in Mars Orbits Source: UAE Hope Mission to Mars US Perseverance Probe Arriving on Mars Next Week Mars is getting a lot of visitors arriving for Valentine's Day, mid February and staying for a few months beyond. The United Amirate Emirates (UAE) mission Hope arrived yesterday and is in a stable orbit around Mars. Now, China's Tianwen-1 synced into another successful orbit around the Red Planet. And, last but not least, NASA's Perseverance Rover spacecraft will touchdown on Mars next week. Touchdown is expected on February 18, 2021. Talk about a crowded destination in space. There is a bit of intergalactic traffic converging on Mars and the scientific results could be spectacular. UAE Mission Autonomous The UAE spacecraft now in orbit is the size of a SUV. And what is such a great technological achievement for the UAE, the Hope vehicle (al-Amal or hope in Arabic) used its autonomous, onboard computers to put