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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed met staff at mission control

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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 Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, personally thanked staff from mission control in Dubai.