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The United Arab Emirates said it plans to launch its “Hope” Mars probe on Friday local time from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center after a two-day delay due to poor weather there. A rocket is due to blast off at 5:43am local time (20:43 GMT Thursday) carrying the unmanned spacecraft that is bound to orbit the Red Planet in the Arab …

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