As part of the preparations to travel to the International Space Station (ISS), UAE’s first-ever Emirati astronauts Hazza Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi have started their training programme at NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson’s Space Centre (JSC).
UAE selects Hazzaa Al Mansoori to become first Emirati to go into space
The MBRSC has announced that it selected Hazzaa Al Mansoori as the prime astronaut and Sultan Al Neyadi as the backup astronaut for the International Space Station (ISS) mission.