UAE’s historic mission to Mars postponed over poor weather

The orbiter is now scheduled to launch from the Japanese island of Tanegashima on Thursday.
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United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials, engineers and scientists take part in a ceremony to unveil the UAE's Mars Mission on May 6, 2015, in Dubai. - KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has delayed its history-making mission to Mars by two days due to poor weather conditions. 

A Japanese H-2A rocket built by Mitsubishi was scheduled to propel the Hope orbiter into outer space on Tuesday (Wednesday local time), but pouring rain forced launch officials in Japan to reschedule. 

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