The arrival of the "Hope Probe" that was launched by the UAE about seven months ago towards Mars, in the first Arab scientific space mission to explore planets .. "I have arrived in the Emirates ... and the UAE will reach Mars on 09.02.
Millions of visitors to the UAE from different parts of the world are accustomed to the sight of the smile of its airport employees and its easy and smart procedures and its surprises that welcome them from the four sides of the world. The UAE, about seven months ago, towards Mars, in the first Arab scientific space mission to explore planets.
Upon their arrival at the travelers' entry gates, coinciding with this exceptional event in the history of the UAE and the global scientific community concerned with space exploration, and in conjunction with the arrival of the Hope Probe into its orbit around the Red Planet and the start of its scientific missions that will enrich human knowledge, visitors to the country and those arriving through Dubai airports will find. Mars "the first of its kind in the world decorates the pages of their passports with a very special ink is" Mars ink "unique in its idea and composition and made from a mixture that mimics the geological formations of Mars, and its red color.
Passport employees at Dubai airports will print on the visa page for travelers to enter the phrase, "I have arrived in the Emirates ... and the UAE will reach Mars on 09.02.2021" with a special design for the Hope Probe, the first Arab and international space mission to monitor unprecedented scientific information about the Red Planet over the course of A complete Martian year.
The idea of the stamp and ink of Mars, launched by the Media Office of the United Arab Emirates in cooperation with the Dubai Airports Passports of the General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs, embodies the historic occasion of the arrival of the first Arab Emirati probe to Mars, in a record period and exceptional circumstances confirm the slogan "nothing is impossible" Which the probe carries with him on his historic space trip, expressing the media identity of the UAE and a translator of its ambitious national strategies for the coming years and decades.
The idea of its design and implementation mechanisms is a precedent in the world, as a special red ink called "Mars ink" was produced that simulates in its unique composition of solid basalt rocks tending to red color and other materials specializing in the color and components of the terrain of Mars
The red ink production process went through several stages, starting with the collection of volcanic basalt rocks from the Mleiha area in the Emirate of Sharjah, which is one of the limited parts of the world whose surface is very similar to the surface of Mars, where volcanic basalt rocks are abundant, just like those on the Red Planet.
What distinguishes volcanic basalt rocks from other rocks of the earth is that they erode quickly under the influence of water and air factors, and their iron-rich mineral composition is oxidized, generating iron oxide and hydroxide, which pigment the rock a reddish brown color.
After collecting the volcanic basalt rocks, they were crushed by specialized machines, then the crushed rocks were taken and milled into a fine sandy powder, and the red dye was extracted from them, to make the first ink in the world.
