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UAE to make history with launch of Mars probe

In this file photo from September 2019 a man takes a picture of an illustration of an astronaut with the Emirati national flag outside Dubai's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre. [AFP]

The United Arab Emirates plans to make history Wednesday with the scheduled launch of the "Hope" mission, which will make it the first Arab nation to send a probe to Mars.

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