Mohammad celebrates Hope Probe on Twitter
It’s the first time Vice-President has changed profile picture in 11 years
For the first time since setting up his Twitter account 11 years ago, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, changed his profile picture yesterday.
‘Arabs to Mars’
Shaikh Mohammad replaced his profile picture with a red background picture, denoting the red planet, with “Arabs to Mars” written as a logo at the bottom of the new photo.
Also written at the centre of the new photo is “Hope Probe 2020”.
The move comes amid the ongoing preparations to launch the Hope Probe, in the first-ever Arab mission to the red planet.
Earlier last week, Shaikh Mohammad launched the ‘Arab Space Pioneers’ programme that aims to build Arab expertise in space science and technologies.
On his Twitter account, Shaikh Mohammad said, “In the coming days, the UAE will launch the Hope Probe to Mars, the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. And today, we are launching a programme to invite Arab youth to gain expertise in space technologies in the UAE.”
He added, “We strive to prepare the next generation of Arab astronomers and space scientists as part of our wider mission to revive the Arab civilisation’s status in the scientific sphere.”