Tokyo (AFP) July 19, 2020
The first Arab space mission to Mars blasted off Monday aboard a rocket from Japan, after weather delays set back the launch of the probe dubbed "Hope." A live feed of the launch showed the rocket carrying the unmanned probe, known as "Al-Amal" in Arabic, lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Japan. "We have launched the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 42 (H-IIA F42) carryin
First Arab space mission to Mars launches from Japan
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