How the UAE got a spacecraft to Mars – on the first try
How the UAE got a spacecraft to Mars – on the first try On 19 July 2020, a few months into a global pandemic that had paralysed the world, a rocket shot into the sky from the Japanese space launch site on its southerly island of Tanegashima. Aboard was a small spacecraft, a little over 2m (6.5ft) wide and weighing about as much as a Ford Focus car.marslink