Addressing the nation and the Arab world less than 24 hours before Hope Probe’s expected entry into the Martian orbit, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, beamed inspiration and said: No matter what happens, history will be made.
Fifty per cent of spacecraft that tried to enter the Martian orbit failed, Sheikh Mohammed said in a video he shared on Twitter. “And even if the Hope Probe couldn’t enter the orbit, I say that we entered the history, because this will be the farthest point in the universe Arabs have ever reached.”
The UAE Vice-President congratulated the people of the UAE and Arab and Islamic nations for making it this far with Al Amal, the Hope Probe.