Amal spacecraft rockets towards Red Planet

Name: Amal spacecraft rockets towards Red Planet
Uploaded: 2020-07-20T09:28:25+00:00
Duration: 5 min 2 s
Description: The Arab world’s first space mission blasted off Monday, aiming to reach Mars by February 2021. Marco Aliberti, senior research fellow at ESPI, says while the research objective is to study the Red Planet’s atmosphere, the UAE’s underlying intentions are political in nature, marking the Emirati’s admission into the club of space powers.

Issued on: 20/07/2020 - 11:28

The Arab world’s first space mission blasted off Monday, aiming to reach Mars by February 2021. Marco Aliberti, senior research fellow at ESPI, says while the research objective is to study the Red Planet’s atmosphere, the UAE’s underlying intentions are political in nature, marking the Emirati’s admission into the club of space powers.