The UAE made history on Tuesday evening when its space agency joined an elite club of five that have sent a spacecraft to the Red Planet.
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, personally thanked staff from mission control in Dubai.
Sheikh Mohamed said the bright young Emiratis who led the mission were “part of a generation that makes us proud”.
