Tag Archives: Sarah Al Amiri — the 33-year-old scientist who led UAE’s Hope orbiter mission to Mars

Along with India and EU, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently became successful in inserting a spacecraft into orbit around Mars on the first try. The mission was announced in 2014 and the Hope probe succeeded in entering the planet’s orbit on February 9. Leading the science mission as deputy project manager is Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, a computer engineer and …

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