Hope’s mission is to monitor the global, diurnal, and seasonal response of the Martian atmosphere to solar forcing, as well as to understand the atmospheric – specifically the levels of hydrogen and oxygen – and the temporal and spatial behaviour of Mars’ exosphere. For the first time, the UAE’s Hope Probe provides a comprehensive diurnal image of Mars’ atmosphere. At the same time, it has sparked a flood of new observations, discoveries, and insights into Mars’ distinctive atmosphere, composition, and dynamics.

The Hope probe has been capturing new observations of Mars’ atmospheric dynamics using its 3 instruments to open up new horizons in the Red Planet’s exploration.

Here, we see images of Mars captured by EXI showing the diurnal cycles of water ice clouds engulfing the planet… pic.twitter.com/i9xa5fkLl4

— Hope Mars Mission (@HopeMarsMission) December 14, 2021

Emirates Mars Mission Science Lead, Hessa Al Matroushi says, “The success of Hope is already assured from our early results and observations, and we can see a vast number of new potential avenues of exploration opening up as a result of our early data.” “We are seeing Mars in remarkable detail and can characterize the diurnal behaviours of Mars’ atmosphere for the first time. The potential we are now seeing from the mission undoubtedly exceeds our expectations”, added Al Matroushi.