Summary: Hazzaa Al Mansoori, the first Emirati
astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS), and Sultan AlNeyadi, the back-up
astronaut for the same mission, have successfully completed their final tests for the mission.
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The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced that Emirati
astronauts Hazzaa Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi have completed their training at the European
Astronaut Centre (EAC) of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, Germany.
Part of the training was attended by Yousuf Hamad AlShaibani, Director-General of MBRSC, and Salem AlMarri, Assistant Director-General for Scientific and Technical Affairs at MBRSC and Head of the UAE
Astronaut Programme.
Yousuf Hamad Al Shaibani, director general of Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre(MBRSC), said: "Day after day, we get closer to achieving the vision of our wise leadership to make the UAE a leader in the space industry, with the first Emirati
astronaut travelling into space to conduct scientific experiments that benefit humanity.
It also comes on the heels of an announcement by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) that AlMansoori has been chosen as the prime
astronaut and AlNeyadi as the back-up
astronaut.
The two-day workshops were attended by His Excellency Yousuf Hamad AlShaibani, Director General of MBRSC, and Salem AlMarri, Assistant Director General for Science and Technology Sector, Head of UAE
Astronaut Programme.
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