UAE's Mars probe to reach Mars before China, US probes this month

UAE's 'Hope' probe, which was launched in July last year, is expected to reach Mars' orbit on February 9. The probe will reach Mars before the probes sent by China and the US, which were also launched in July. Earlier, China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft sent back its first Mars image which it took from a distance of around 2.2 million kilometres.