Mohammed bin Rashid publishes pictures taken by the Hope Probe

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, posted pictures of planets captured and transmitted by the country's Hope pober as it made its way through space towards Mars.

The images show the probe passing Jupiter and Saturn and Mars in sight - having travelled more than 100 million kilometres so far on its 493 kilometre-long journey.

UAE's historic Mars Mission Hope probe has now travelled 100 million kilometres, according to images captured in space