Amna Al Ketbi (Dubai)
The Hope Probe, since its launch to the Red Planet, provided 2.9 terabytes of observations and data on the Martian atmosphere, and provided a series of unique and important data that had not been observed before, and the probe was able to provide 8 packages of unique data and images of the Red Planet. The Hope Probe, tomorrow 3 Earth years since its launch to the Red Planet, as the project published 13 scientific and research papers from the data in international specialized scientific journals, which confirms the importance of this information to researchers and scientists in the world.
The Hope Probe project, during its primary mission spanning one Martian year (two Earth years), documented many observations and data, and monitored halo products from the third level of the ultraviolet spectrometer for the first time, which includes information about the distribution of clouds extending from hydrogen and oxygen atoms surrounding Mars and their escape. To space, the first observation of stellar occultation at the extreme ultraviolet wavelength, and the observation of the variation of the hours of one day, within the clouds of ice water, which is 24 hours and 37 minutes long, while the Martian year reaches 687 Earth days. It was also able for the first time to monitor the daily temperature changes in its atmosphere, without any significant differences in location or timing, which leads to a successful analysis of the waves in the atmosphere in detail.
The Hope Probe also monitored climatic phenomena on the Red Planet, such as daily geographic and seasonal changes in the main features of its atmosphere. It also formed a map of altitude data from the orbital laser altimeter on Mars, by collecting more than 3,000 observations to form a single image of its surface, which was made by the Institute team. Abu Dhabi affiliated to New York University Abu Dhabi.
The probe documented a rapidly developing regional dust storm, in the “shark fin” or “flat Sirte” region in the middle of winter in the southern hemisphere, with the spread of dusty fog and gray water ice clouds, and it was also able to capture the first comprehensive picture of the phenomenon of separate twilight in the Martian atmosphere. During the night, what contributed to providing the first information about him at different times, and his success in recording unique observations about Martian dust storms and the way they developed and spread over vast areas of the planet, and taking successive pictures with a difference of 5 minutes, which contributed to helping scientists study the movement of winds, Observing the phenomenon of cloud formation and the movement of dust storms, as well as capturing the first extreme and extreme ultraviolet spectral image of the Deimos satellite, which contributed to the identification of surface formation and space weather factors.
The Scientific Data Center at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center is responsible for preparing scientific data for the Hope Probe project, and distributing it to the Emirates Mars Exploration Project team and the scientific community, in addition to facilitating the exploration and use of scientific data, and preserving all scientific data throughout the duration of the mission.
The team is working on creating an archive to save this data after the end of the mission, and the standard scientific output that the center will produce includes scientific data from the first and second levels, which will be published by the MBRSC team and the scientific community. The center also receives level zero data and additional data. From the mission operations center, the science instrument development team is developing a program to process science data from level zero, extracting summary scientific data and first and second level data as needed.
Visualization tools
The center works to preserve the scientific data that is extracted throughout the mission period, and to establish platforms through which to access scientific data, analyze basic data, and provide all data through visualization tools, in close cooperation with the scientific team of the Emirates Mars Exploration Project, and after the completion of The mission The center will create an archive of public data, and a platform through which data from the Emirates Mars Exploration Project can be accessed and used in future missions to explore the Red Planet. Remote Sensing
The team uses the capabilities and operational capabilities of the (OASIS-CC) program to control the scientific devices and the remote sensing process. It also works to calibrate the resulting data, manage the data and indicators of the scientific devices, and ensure the implementation of the required command from the probe. The team will also develop a program to process scientific data from the level zero, and extracting the scientific summary data and the data of the first and second levels as needed.
The “Probe of Hope”, which provides observations and information to the world for free, through the Scientific Data Center, is preparing to complete its primary mission on the Red Planet, which contributes to providing answers to major scientific questions about the atmosphere of Mars, and the reasons for the loss of hydrogen and oxygen gases from its atmosphere.
