When I visit UAESA, in February 2022, it is a year since Hope had reached the end of its nearly 500-million-km (310-million-mile) journey from Earth on its way to orbiting Mars. Even getting to Mars had been some achievement, especially for a space agency with such limited experience. The UAE became only the fifth nation – after the US, Russia, China and India – to reach Mars, and only the second space agency to succeed on the first attempt (after India).