Dubai (Union)
The Emirates Mars Exploration Project, the “Probe of Hope”, published the seventh batch of new scientific data on the atmosphere of Mars, which were collected by means of the Infrared Spectrometer (EMIRS), the Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EMUS), and the Digital Exploration Camera (EXI), during The period is between 1 September to 30 November 2022.
Eng. Zakaria Al Shamsi, Director of the Emirates Mars Exploration Project, “Probe of Hope,” said, “With the increasing global interest in trying to understand the nature of Mars and searching for answers about the various phenomena of the planet, the data and observations of the Hope Probe come to constitute an important tributary for the international scientific community, in addition to emphasizing the keenness of The United Arab Emirates as a major contributor to the development of space science and technology to upgrade the components of civilization and ensure its sustainability,” stressing that the mission team will continue to analyze and publish new data on Mars every 3 months to provide a deeper understanding of natural phenomena on the Red Planet.
The seventh batch of data, which was collected during August 25, September 6, 13, 15 and 24, October 1, 6, 15, 19, 20 and 29, and November 9, 10 and 16 of 2022, includes high-definition observations of dust movement taken by the Digital Exploration Camera (EXI).
The data of the Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EMUS), which were collected between October 24-27, 2022, show the first observation of stellar occultation in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength, as the device captured data on the passage of starlight through the Martian atmosphere, which contributed to Collect data on the densities of carbon dioxide and other gases, and their vertical distributions.
The new data package includes an experiment conducted by the science team of the Hope Probe on October 3, 2022, using the ultraviolet spectrometer (EMUS) to observe a star in the device’s field of view by rotating the spacecraft repeatedly, with the aim of ensuring the accuracy of the alignment and refining the orientation knowledge of the device. .
With the seventh batch of data, the Emirates Mars Exploration Project, the “Probe of Hope”, released 2.1 terabytes of data about the atmosphere of Mars through the Scientific Data Center at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center.
