Netizens cheer as UAE’s Hope probe successfully enters Mars orbit

Hope entered the red planet’s orbit after its nearly 7 months, 494 million kilometres journey.

As part of the celebrations, world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa paid tribute to the engineers who worked on the Hope mission over the past 6 years with a light show.

People across the globe also took to Twitter, sharing words of appreciation for the team, causing #ArabstoMars, #HopeProbe and ‘Congratulations UAE’ to dominate social media trends.

Take a look here:

https://twitter.com/TanmayBhadviya/status/1359352943355437056

https://twitter.com/adatewithcocoa/status/1359185090887180295

This is the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. Two more unmanned spacecraft from the US and China are following close behind, set to arrive at Mars in February.

All three missions were launched in July, taking advantage of the close alignment of Earth and Mars, AP reported.

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