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Dubai, April 10
The United Arab Emirates named the next two astronauts in its space programme Saturday, including the country’s first female astronaut.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai who also serves as the autocratically ruled country’s prime minister and vice president, named the two astronauts on Twitter.
He identified Noura al-Matroushi as the UAE’s first female astronaut, with her male counterpart as Mohammed al-Mulla.
A later government promotional video described al-Matroushi, born in 1993, as an engineer at the Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Co.
Al-Mulla, born in 1988, serves as a pilot with Dubai police and heads their training division, the government said.
United Arab Emirates names 2 new astronauts, including woman
The two had been selected among more than 4,000 applicants in the UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms on the Arabian Peninsula also home to Abu Dhabi. Author: JON GAMBRELL Associated Press Published: 9:20 AM EDT April 10, 2021 Updated: 9:20 AM EDT April 10, 2021
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates named the next two astronauts in its space program Saturday, including the country s first female astronaut.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai who also serves as the autocratically ruled country s prime minister and vice president, named the two astronauts on Twitter.