What’s next

APRIL 2019

The UAE’s first astronaut will be launched on a spaceflight to the International Space Station onboard the Soyuz spacecraft.

JULY 2020

The Hope space probe – the UAE’s first - will be launched from Earth to arrive at Mars in 2021.

2021

Following an approximately 200-day journey, the Hope space probe is expected to enter the orbit of Mars in time for the UAE’s 50th founding anniversary.

2117

The UAE to set up Mars Scientific City, a complex of habitable buildings on the Red Planet complete with laboratories for food, energy and water.