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Sarah Al-Amiri – Hope for Mars

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Sarah Al-Amiri – Hope for Mars

The Arab World’s first probe—called Hope—will map Martian weather. In seven years, the United Arab Emirates developed a space program and launched a mission to Mars. One of the mission goals: figure out what happened to Mars’s atmosphere. 

Click above to listen to part 2 of Mars Attracts, featuring Sarah Al-Amiri, United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Advanced Sciences as well as science lead for the Emirates Mars Mission.

Mars Attracts:
Part 1: Sarah Cruddas – Allure of Mars
Part 2: Sarah Al-Amiri – Hope for Mars
Part 3: Håvard Grip – NASA’s Marscopter

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