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Sarah al-Amiri: The woman leading UAE's Mars mission
Over the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has sought to push the boundaries of science and technology.
In 2017, they announced the world's first Minister of Artificial Intelligence to spearhead the Gulf state's efforts in machine learning and other cutting-edge technologies.
That year, they also tapped a young Emirati engineer, Sarah al-Amiri, to lead the country's efforts into space at a time when the region was paying little attention to what is often described as the final frontier.
"We're a new country that is late to the competition in the global perspective," al-Amiri told the British scientific journal Nature earlier this month.
"It's natural for people to think this was crazy," she added, referring to the UAE's Mars mission, which launched July 20.
Although al-Amiri initially started work as a computer engineer, she later moved into the field of space technology at the Emirates Institution for Advanced Sc