The UAE Space Agency is funding and supervising procedures and necessary details for the implementation of this project. Launching the UAE satellite-manufacturing complex to support UAE mission to reach Mars in 2021 and build its first settlement on the Red Planet by 2117. Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre is responsible for developing National Space Programme in collaboration with international space partners. Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre is responsible for the execution and supervision of all stages of the design, development and launch of the Hope Probe in 2020. Dr Al Neyadi has been promised the next spot on a UAE mission to space. There are plans to launch an exploration probe to Mars to mark the nation’s 50th anniversary in 2020. The UAE's first astronaut has completed a gruelling 6-hour final exam in preparation for his milestone journey to space.