UAE names first female Arab astronaut for Nasa programme
DUBAI, 3 hours, 55 minutes
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HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has announced the names of the two new Emirati astronauts - Nora AlMatrooshi and Mohammed AMulla - who will form a team of four under the UAE Astronaut Programme.
The new batch of the UAE astronauts were selected from more than 4,300 applicants after comprehensive evaluations.
The duo will join the “2021 NASA Astronaut Candidate Class”, as part of a joint strategic agreement between the UAE and the US, to train them at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.