Sarah Al Amiri, Figure of the Young Woman Behind the United Arab Emirates Mission to Mars

Sarah was appointed Deputy Project Manager on a mission that was planned to take off on Tanegashima Island in Japan on July 15 yesterday. The project called 'Amal' is expected to take 7 months before reaching Mars.

Sarah Al AmiriSarah Al Amiri Photo: Instagram @ sarahamiri1

Sarah Al Amiri herself was born in 1987. That is, she is currently 33 years old and has been trusted to be a leader in this large project owned by the UAE government.

Quoted from Linkedin, the woman whose full name is Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri is the Minister of Science in the UAE. He has served since October 2017 until now.

Previously, he was active as head of research and development at Mohamed bin Rashid Space Center or an UAE government-owned organization that focuses on space programs, such as satellites. He worked for 11 years and 5 months until he finally became a minister.

The owner of the Instagram @ sarahamiri1 account took education at the American University of Sharjah for the Computer Engineering S1 program from 2004 to 2008. Then in 2010 Sarah Al Amiri continued her Masters at the same University and Department and graduated in 2014.

Sarah Al AmiriSarah Al Amiri Photo: Instagram @ sarahamiri1

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Meanwhile, according to Sarah the purpose of the Charity project is to understand the history and causes of the planet Mars not having water even though it has the same characteristics as the earth.

"We are studying a planet that looks very similar to ours, but has undergone some form of change so that it can no longer have water, one of the main elements of life," Sarah Al Amiri explained in a recent press conference.