Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) and NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) Mars mission have announced a collaborative data analytics initiative, paving the way for scientific collaboration and data sharing between two missions.
The collaboration between the UAE and US space missions will enable sharing and collaboration of analysis and observations through EMM’s Hope Probe and NASA’s MAVEN project. MAVEN was launched into orbit in 2014 to study Mars’ upper atmosphere and ionosphere, with the aim of learning more about how the red planet’s climate has changed over time.
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“The collaboration between #Emirates #MarsMission @HopeMarsMission and #NASA‘s @MAVEN2Mars will pave the way for increased scientific collaboration and data sharing between the two missions” @GulfBusiness
— Limelines (@LimelinesMENA) Apr 13, 2022
On February 9, 2021, the Hope Probe from EMM’s Mars Mission entered Mars orbit. Its mission is to investigate the interaction between the upper and lower layers of the Martian atmosphere.
“MAVEN and EMM will both investigate multiple elements of the Martian atmosphere and the upper atmosphere.” – Shannon Curry, MAVEN’s Principal Investigator University of Washington
According to Sharaf, combining and analyzing the two data sets from the EMM and MAVEN missions could help explain many important questions about Mars and the evolution and dynamics of its atmosphere.
EMM’s Hope probe is equipped with three instruments:
The Emirates eXploration Imager (EXI) is a digital camera that takes images of Mars at a resolution of 2 to 4 km and measures the amount of water, ice and ozone in the lower atmosphere using UV bands.
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The Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometer (EMIRS) measures the energy radiated from the surface and atmosphere of Mars to determine the global distribution of dust, ice clouds and water vapor in the surface of Mars’ lower atmosphere.
EMUS stands for Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer and measures o2 and carbon monoxide in the thermosphere, as well as the variability of hydrogen and oxygen in the outer atmosphere.
Cover image: NASA/TWITTER