Three Separate Countries Are Launching Mars Missions This Month - Futurism

The U.S., China, and the United Arab Emirates all plan to send spacecraft to the Red Planet this month, according to The Hill, as the two planets’ alignment makes a Mars mission easy.

Or, at least, as easy as such a launch could possibly be.

The Hill ascribes different political, scientific, and economic motivations to each of the three space agencies setting out for Mars this month.