Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Mars Mission’s ‘Hope Probe’ has released its ninth data set, providing daily insights into the Martian atmosphere from the surface to the outer edge of its atmosphere.
This information was captured by the probe’s three science instruments: the Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometer (EMIRS), the Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EMUS), and the Emirates Exploration Imager (EXI), the UAE Space Agency said on Thursday.
Having completed its primary science mission of collecting Martian atmospheric data for a full Martian year, equivalent to two Earth years, the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) is now undertaking its follow-up mission to understand inter-annual Martian atmospheric variations for an additional Earth year, surpassing initial expectations. assigned to this mission.
As part of ongoing efforts to share data with the global science community, EMM has released its ninth data set.
It includes data from all three instruments taken from March 1 to May 31 this year. This data set displays a collection of high-frequency cloud images, carefully captured by EXI on April 11 and 25, 2023, May 6, 13, 18, and 22, 2023. These EXI observations enable the study of short-term changes occurring in clouds in Mars and its movements.
And as the Sun approaches the peak of its 11-year activity cycle, auroras are becoming increasingly prominent in EMUS nightside observations, with a particularly fantastic discrete aurora light show above the strongest crustal magnetic field in the Southern Hemisphere on April 27-28, 2023.
Auroras are natural displays of light that shimmer in the sky and in this case, in the Martian atmosphere.
Exceeded expectations
The space agency said the EMM mission consistently exceeds expectations by making discoveries and capturing extraordinary images. For example, they identified a new type of aurora on Mars.
In addition, the mission obtained stunning images of Deimos, one of Mars’ small moons, and continues to observe it regularly. This achievement demonstrates the mission’s ability to deliver more than previously thought, making it a worthwhile and successful endeavor in exploring the Martian environment and its phenomena.
The mission has three primary science objectives that include understanding lower atmospheric processes, upper atmospheric loss, and the relationship between the two. These objectives will help unravel the mysteries surrounding the Martian atmosphere and how it was lost to space.
3,3 Terabyte data
The unique orbit of the ‘Hope Probe’ allows the science community to explore the daily and seasonal variations of the Martian atmosphere by analyzing mission data.
With the release of its ninth batch, the Emirates Mars Mission’s ‘Hope Probe’ has now uncovered a massive 3.3 Terabytes of atmospheric data from the red planet through its Science Data Center.
At the 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2023) in Baku, Azerbaijan, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) honored the Emirates Mars Mission ‘Hope Probe’ team with the 2023 Team Achievement Award.
“This recognition is a tribute to their dedicated efforts in advancing our understanding of Mars. “Their significant contributions include providing important data to the global scientific community, enabling the creation of a comprehensive map of the Martian atmosphere, and revealing groundbreaking observations of Mars’ smaller moon, Deimos,” added the UAE Space Agency.
2023-10-26 10:53:37
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