Video: UAE leaders honour Mars Hope Probe team

Video: UAE leaders honour Mars Hope Probe team

The UAE's leadership on Tuesday paid tribute to the Hope Probe team for their unparalleled contributions to the field of space sciences in the country.

Taking to Twitter, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said, "Today, as part of our ministerial retreat, my brother Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and myself honoured the Hope Probe team — a team that we entrusted with a mission seven years ago and they proved to be up for the task."

Calling the team's contributions "historic", he added, "They have all our appreciation."

The UAE has thousands of work teams in all sectors, whether economic, cultural, political, military or more, said the Dubai Ruler. "They are the secret of our country's progress, because we have the best team in the region. They work in one spirit and refuse to see this country anywhere but in first rank."

Echoing his sentiments, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, also took to social media to heap praise on the Mars Mission