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UAE ‘s First Mars Mission Interplanetary Spacecraft Makes History . First Arab Nation Reaching for the Stars : July 2020

UAE’s ‘Hope or Emirates Mars Mission’ was launched heading for Mars.

A rocket carrying a Mars Hope Explorer developed at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai took off. The historical event also marked the 50th anniversary of the Founding of the UAE.

It is expected to travel 493.5 million kilometres over 9 months to reach orbit around Mars in 2021. It will stay 20,000 to 40,000 Km above Mars and orbit the planet every 55 hours.

The H2A rocket carrying the Hope Explorer lifted off from Tanogashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Successfully launched by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

UAE’s First Mission to Mars
First Arab nation reaching for the Stars
First Middle East nation’s Mission to the Mars

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Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRAES (U.A.E)

Historic First Flight from Israel to UAE, lands in Abu Dhabi : August 2020

A U.S-Israeli official delegation led by Jared Kushner, Senior Adviser to US President Donald Trump, arrived at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi on August 31st, 2020.

The first Israeli commercial plane on which the word ‘peace’ was printed in Arabic, English and Hebrew above its cockpit window landed in UAE.

The flight was numbered after UAE’s International dialing code and the return flight set to leave Abu Dhabi is El Al 972 which is Israel’s dialing code.

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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Dubai Police Women Officers pull a Boeing Plane. Set a new World Record : UAE, November 2018

Heaviest aircraft pulled over 100 m by a team (female).

A team of 77 female officers of Dubai police established a world record by pulling a Boeing 777-300ER weighing 168.801 tonnes (168,801 kg/372,142 lb) over 100 meters distance.

Dubai Police entered the Guinness Book of World Records thanks to the feat of 77 of its officers, exclusively females, who dragged an Emirates plane .

A feat for a great cause

The aircraft, a Boeing 777 of 74 meter-long and 240 tons, was pulled with one rope attached to its undercarriage. The exploit was part of Dubai Fitness Challenge, a wonder event that aims to encourage residents to exercise more.

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

World’s Tallest Indoor Artificial Climbing Wall – Abu Dhabi, UAE : August 2020

The World’s tallest indoor artificial climbing wall is at a staggering 42.16 m (138 ft).

It is one of 2 world records of CLYMB Abu Dhabi, a sports and leisure attraction on Yas Island.

The other record is of the ‘World’s Biggest Indoor Skydiving Flight Chamber/ Wind Tunnel).

CLYMB Abu Dhabi is awarded for both by Guinness World Records.

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Climber Sasha DiGiulian scales the world’s tallest indoor climbing wall at Clymb Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National / pix: thenational.ae

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E)

World’s Biggest Indoor Skydiving Flight Chamber : Abu Dhabi, UAE : August 2020

World record breaking 32 ft (10 m) in diameter and height of 104 ft making it the world’s largest indoor skydiving wind tunnel.

It is one of 2 world records of CLYMB Abu Dhabi, a sports and leisure attraction on Yas Island.

The other record is of the ‘World’s Tallest Artificial Climbing Wall’

CLYMB Abu Dhabi is awarded for both by Guinness World Records.

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E)

World’s 3rd Longest Driverless Metro Network : Dubai Metro, UAE

In 2009, when it opened Dubai Metro topped the list as the ‘Worlds Longest Automated Rail System’

Presently, it’s moved down after Vancouver’s Sky Train and Singapore.

The longest driverless metroline is the Dubai Metro Red Line which is 52.1 km in length. The second line, Green Line is 22.5 km which when combined with the Red Line will make it longer than the Vancouver Sky Train.

Dubai Metro is owned by Roads an Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai.

Image Credit: Gulf News Archive / gulfnews.com

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

World’s Largest Hand-Woven Carpet – Abu Dhabi, UAE

The largest hand-woven carpet sits in Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan Mosque in Abu Dhabi.

The massive Persian carpet was created in 9 parts and assembled inside the mosque. It took 1,200 weavers from the Khorasan province about one year to hand craft. The carpet features 2.2 billion hand-tied individual rug knots, weighs 12 tons and is 5,360 square meters (60,000.81 sq. feet) . It was manufactured in Iran in 2007.

Record by the Guiness World Records

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Dubai Mall , the second Largest Shopping Centre in the World : November 2018

The second largest shopping centre in the world by total land area and is situated in Downtown Dubai, UAE

Dubai Mall has 4 levels, an internal floor area 548,127 square metres. 1,200 retail outlets and over 160 food and beverage outlets.

The Mall includes an acquariam, Olympic size ice rink, 22 screen cineplex.

Developed by Emaar Properties

Additional World Records:

Within the Mall there are several world records to be listed individually

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

The 2nd Tallest Residential Building in the World – Princess Tower – Dubai (U.A.E) : September 2012

Princess Tower, Marina District, Dubai, U.A.E.

Record: The second tallest residential building in the world.

Previous Record: When it was inaugrated , the Princess Tower Dubai was the World’s tallest residental building in the world. It held the record from 2012 to 2015. This record was broken by 432, Park Avenue, New York City subsequently.

When the Princess Tower was inaugurated it broke the previous record holder of yet another Dubai record of 23 Marina which stood at 392.8m (1,289 feet).

Princess Tower: Features.

-The building comprises of 763 units, 957 underground parking bays spread over 6 floors and 8 retail outlets. The building development stands at 107 stories including basement floor and 100 levels above ground.

Developer : Tameer Holdings Investments

Architect : Eng. Adnan Saffarini Office

The Princess Towers engineering were by Syed Majid Hashmi – Chief Structural Engineer and Deputy Manager – Mohammad Ali Alogaily.

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

World Record. Longest Handmade Gold Chain – Dubai (UAE) : 2015

Known as the ‘Dubai Celebration Chain’ – the World’s longest hand-made gold chain was unveiled at the Deira Gold Souk Bus station to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Dubai Shopping Festival‘s 20th Anniversary.

The 22-carat chain is 5Km long, weighs 240 Kg, took over 45 days and 100 craftsmen working 10 hours a day to produce the 4 million individual segments.

Its estimated value is Aed. 22 million . The event was organised by the Dubai Gold and Jewellery Group.

Certified by Guinness World Records.

Pre-booking: Shoppers got to pre-book sections of the chain between 8 to 26 grams.

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Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES