UAE Mars Hope Launch Delayed To Friday

Hope orbiter.
Credit: MBRSC
Poor weather at Japan’s Tenegashima Space Center is prompting a delay of the United Arab Emirates’ Mars Mission to no earlier than July 17. Liftoff of the Emirates Mars Mission, also known as Hope, aboard a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H-IIA rocket is now targeted for 4:43 p.m. EDT (5:43 a.m. July...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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