United Nations celebrates Mars missions on new postage stamps
With far more nations working spacecraft on and around Mars than ever in advance of, the United Nations is celebrating human achievement at the Pink Earth with its hottest release of postage stamps.
The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) has issued six commemorative stamps and a few souvenir sheets themed to the Mars missions introduced by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), United States and China.
“Mars has been a source of curiosity for centuries. In a historic calendar year for exploration, a few missions attained their destinations on, and about, the ‘Red Planet’ in 2021. This stamp sequence marks those revolutionary achievements,” UNPA officials wrote in a push release announcing the new “Earth Mars” stamps.
Mars missions: A quick history
Two of the new UNPA stamps and a person of the memento sheets (a sheet with a solitary stamp surrounded by a margin that is printed with an graphic complementing or finishing the design and style of the stamp) celebrate the Emirates Mars Mission, the UAE’s first interplanetary mission, which arrived in Mars’ orbit on Feb. 9, 2021. The stamps depict the mission’s “Hope” (“Al-Amal” in Arabic) probe and a picture of Mars that was returned by the spacecraft.
Two other stamps and a memento sheet realize the accomplishments of two NASA missions: Mars 2020, which landed at Gale Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been in orbit considering the fact that 2006. The stamps attribute illustrations or photos of the Perseverance rover and the dunes in Proctor crater, with the memento sheet committed to the background-generating Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
The remaining two stamps and souvenir sheet concentration on China’s Tianwen 1 mission, which entered orbit on Feb. 10, 2021 and touched down three months later on Could 14. Depicted are the Zhurong rover, its landing platform and the pre-selected spot the place each landed on the Martian floor.
Consistent with other UNPA releases, the Planet Mars commemoratives were being issued in 3 denominations: Swiss francs for the UAE-themed stamps, U.S. pounds for the NASA releases and European Euros for the Chinese topics.
Developed by UNPA artwork director Sergio Barada, the stamp illustrations or photos had been equipped by the Emirate Mars Mission team, the China National Room Administration (CNSA) and NASA, with assistance from the UN Office for Outer House Affairs (UNOOSA).
The Earth Mars commemoratives have been first released on April 24. They can be purchased from the UNPA web-site and procured from the retailers at UN Headquarters in New York, Geneva and Vienna wherever the stamps can be made use of for sending mail. Collectible envelopes postmarked for the 1st day of difficulty (also acknowledged as “first working day covers”) are also on sale.
UNPA stamp subjects mirror the function of the environment organization and serve as a reminder of the UN’s motivation to its targets. Earlier UNPA place exploration difficulties consist of a 2018 established commemorating the 50th anniversary of the very first UN conference on the exploration and tranquil employs of outer space a 2013 pair of nebula-theme stamps for Globe House 7 days a 2011 release for the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight and a 2007 selection of 8 stamps marking 50 decades since the get started of the Area Age.
“As humankind races toward Mars, it is essential that nations get the job done alongside one another to promote intercontinental cooperation and tranquil use and exploration of area, and in the utilization of place science and know-how for sustainable financial and social improvement. Considering that 1958, the United Nations Office environment for Outer Room Affairs (UNOOSA) is effective to encourage these objectives,” UNPA officers stated.
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With far more nations working spacecraft on and around Mars than ever in advance of, the United Nations is celebrating human achievement at the Pink Earth with its hottest release of postage stamps.
The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) has issued six commemorative stamps and a few souvenir sheets themed to the Mars missions introduced by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), United States and China.
“Mars has been a source of curiosity for centuries. In a historic calendar year for exploration, a few missions attained their destinations on, and about, the ‘Red Planet’ in 2021. This stamp sequence marks those revolutionary achievements,” UNPA officials wrote in a push release announcing the new “Earth Mars” stamps.
Mars missions: A quick history
Two of the new UNPA stamps and a person of the memento sheets (a sheet with a solitary stamp surrounded by a margin that is printed with an graphic complementing or finishing the design and style of the stamp) celebrate the Emirates Mars Mission, the UAE’s first interplanetary mission, which arrived in Mars’ orbit on Feb. 9, 2021. The stamps depict the mission’s “Hope” (“Al-Amal” in Arabic) probe and a picture of Mars that was returned by the spacecraft.
Two other stamps and a memento sheet realize the accomplishments of two NASA missions: Mars 2020, which landed at Gale Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been in orbit considering the fact that 2006. The stamps attribute illustrations or photos of the Perseverance rover and the dunes in Proctor crater, with the memento sheet committed to the background-generating Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.
The remaining two stamps and souvenir sheet concentration on China’s Tianwen 1 mission, which entered orbit on Feb. 10, 2021 and touched down three months later on Could 14. Depicted are the Zhurong rover, its landing platform and the pre-selected spot the place each landed on the Martian floor.
Consistent with other UNPA releases, the Planet Mars commemoratives were being issued in 3 denominations: Swiss francs for the UAE-themed stamps, U.S. pounds for the NASA releases and European Euros for the Chinese topics.
Developed by UNPA artwork director Sergio Barada, the stamp illustrations or photos had been equipped by the Emirate Mars Mission team, the China National Room Administration (CNSA) and NASA, with assistance from the UN Office for Outer House Affairs (UNOOSA).
The Earth Mars commemoratives have been first released on April 24. They can be purchased from the UNPA web-site and procured from the retailers at UN Headquarters in New York, Geneva and Vienna wherever the stamps can be made use of for sending mail. Collectible envelopes postmarked for the 1st day of difficulty (also acknowledged as “first working day covers”) are also on sale.
UNPA stamp subjects mirror the function of the environment organization and serve as a reminder of the UN’s motivation to its targets. Earlier UNPA place exploration difficulties consist of a 2018 established commemorating the 50th anniversary of the very first UN conference on the exploration and tranquil employs of outer space a 2013 pair of nebula-theme stamps for Globe House 7 days a 2011 release for the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight and a 2007 selection of 8 stamps marking 50 decades since the get started of the Area Age.
“As humankind races toward Mars, it is essential that nations get the job done alongside one another to promote intercontinental cooperation and tranquil use and exploration of area, and in the utilization of place science and know-how for sustainable financial and social improvement. Considering that 1958, the United Nations Office environment for Outer Room Affairs (UNOOSA) is effective to encourage these objectives,” UNPA officers stated.
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