Exploration of Mars on November 5, 1964, but the shroud encasing the spacecraft atop its rocket failed to open properly, dooming the mission. Three weeks later, on November 28, 1964, Mariner 4 was launched successfully on a 7½-month voyage to Mars.. Mariner 4 flew past Mars on July 14, 1965, providing the first close-up photographs of another planet. The pictures, gradually played back to Earth from a small tape recorder on the probe, showed impact craters. It provided radically more accurate data about the planet; a surface atmospheric pressure of about 1% of Earth's and daytime temperatures of −100 °C (−148 °F) were
Hope Mars Mission Sharaf, who acts as the Project Manager and is responsible for managing and supporting the ongoing tasks related to the Emirates Mars Mission. Sarah Amiri is the Deputy Project Manager and the Lead Science Investigator, who leads the team in developing the mission's objectives and aligning programmes related to instrumentation of the "Hope" probe. The mission has been referred to as having the potential to make a long-lasting contribution to the economy of the United Arab Emirates. Hope Mars Mission The Hope Mars Mission () also called Emirates Mars Mission, is a space exploration probe mission to Mars built by