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National Milestones, Mars Mission and Space Agency History

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  1. On which date did the UAE's Hope probe go into orbit around Mars?
  2. From which space centre was the UAE's Hope probe launched on 19 July 2020?
  3. What are the main subjects of study of the UAE's Hope probe orbiting Mars?
  4. Who was the first Emirati astronaut to travel into space, launching to the International Space Station on September 25, 2019?
  5. Which Emirati astronaut launched with the Crew-6 team from Cape Canaveral on 2 March 2023?
  6. What was KhalifaSat, launched from Japan in October 2018?
  7. What is the name of the UAE lunar rover that launched on 11 December 2022 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket with the Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander?
  8. In which year was the UAE Space Agency established by federal decree?
  9. Which female Emirati mechanical engineer was selected in the second batch of the UAE Astronaut Programme and became the first Emirati and Arab woman astronaut?
  10. Which planned UAE Space Agency probe, announced in May 2023, is designed to journey to seven main belt asteroids?
  11. What plan, announced at the World Government Summit in February 2017, aims to establish a settlement on Mars by 2117?
  12. Which number among the countries to reach Mars was the UAE when its Hope probe entered Mars orbit on 9 February 2021?
  13. Which Abu Dhabi satellite operator, which provided multi-mission satellite services in more than 150 countries, merged with Bayanat in October 2024 to form Space42?
  14. What was the name of the remote-sensing satellite built by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre with South Korea's Satrec Initiative and launched in July 2009?
  15. Which space accords, originally signed on 13 October 2020 by eight countries including the UAE, set out principles for cooperation in space exploration?
  16. Which module did the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre of the UAE develop for NASA's planned Lunar Gateway before NASA paused the Gateway in March 2026?
  17. What scientific instrument aboard the Hope Probe measures ultraviolet emissions to track the loss of hydrogen and oxygen from the upper Martian atmosphere?
  18. Which Dubai government entity, into which the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology was merged in April 2015, leads the Emirates Mars Mission?
  19. Which instrument of the Emirates Mars Mission is a multi-band camera capable of taking high-resolution images?
  20. Which national anniversary of the UAE fell on 2 December 2021?
  21. Which world expo did Dubai host from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022 under the slogan 'Connecting Minds, Creating the Future'?
  22. Which Abu Dhabi university received its university licence from the UAE Ministry of Education in April 2020 as part of the country's strategy for artificial intelligence?
  23. In which month and year was the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology merged with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre?
  24. Which UAE project was the first CubeSat designed and manufactured by Emirati engineers, with a team of seven engineering students from the American University of Sharjah?
  25. What did the UAE's Hope probe achieve in its fly-by of Mars's moon Deimos on 10 March 2023?
  26. Which metro system, inaugurated in 2009, was the first mass transit network in the world to use district cooling to lower temperatures in its stations?
  27. In which year was the Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA), next to Jebel Ali Port, established to attract foreign investment through regulatory and tax incentives?

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