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The UAE has selected two new Emiratis to be part of its astronaut corps, including the Arab world’s first female astronaut.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, announced on Saturday that Nora Al Matroo
shi had been
Mohammed Al Mulla was also chosen. We announce today. two new Emirati astronauts . among them the first Arab (woman) astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi and Mohammed Al Mulla, Sheikh Mohammed tweeted. They have been chosen from among more than 4,000 applicants and their training will soon begin with the Nasa astronaut programme. We congratulate the country. We count on them to raise the name of the UAE in the sky.
Dubai: Emirati astronauts Hazzaa Al Mansoori and Sultan AlNeyadi are in the thick of their training at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, in preparation for future space missions, including space walks.
In a video tweeted by the Dubai Media Office on Monday, Al Mansoori and AlNeyadi were shown underwater at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) doing manoeuvres mimicking the environment in space.
“Hazzaa and Sultan continue their journey at Johnson Space Centre. They underwent NBL training, one of the best methods to prepare astronauts for spacewalks,” tweeted DMO.
NBL is an astronaut training facility, featuring a large indoor pool of water designed to provide neutral buoyancy to simulate the microgravity that astronauts would experience during spaceflight.
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space, and Sultan Al Neyadi also shared their experiences of becoming part of the nation’s astronaut corps.
The UAE has propelled itself into the space sector in recent years and it
boasts a successful Mars programme with its Hope probe orbiting the Red Planet. lunar landing attempt, more satellite development, and an outer space simulation centre.
On Sunday, Maj Al Mansouri and Mr Al Neyadi spoke online
to students of the Higher Colleges of Technology.
The astronauts are at
Maj Al Mansouri told students
to be ready for opportunities to work in the field where many more jobs are expected