Their training encompassed a wide array of critical skills, including spacewalking, robotics, space station systems, T-38 jet proficiency, and Russian language.
UAE Space Projects
The mission aims to conduct close flybys of seven main belt asteroids before landing on Justitia.
The Emirates Mars Mission has released a series of new observations drawn from the first measurements of Mars’ atmosphere across a full Martian year (two full...
The event also saw the participation of astronauts Hazzaa AlMansoori, Astronauts Office Manager, MBRSC; Nora AlMatrooshi, and Mohammad AlMulla.
MBRSC will take part in the Human Exploration Research Analogue project by sending an Emirati crew to live in a habitat in Houston.
The airlock under development is an airtight room used to exit and enter the space station, which is due to be built by 2028.
The agreement includes access to the lunar gateway station for UAE astronauts, boosting efforts to send the first Emirati to the Moon's orbit.
Yahsat and Bayanat will oversee satellite management, operations, data, and space applications, with NSSTC contributing through the provision of assembly...
The UAE Space Agency has formed an industrial consortium to develop the "Sirb" project that will potentially see the first satellite launched by 2026.
The stellar occultation campaign was conducted by 60 volunteers which included EMA team members, University of Colorado students, Emirati students, and other...
This was the UAE’s second human space flight and the Arab world’s first extended mission – as well as the first time an Arab astronaut performed a spacewalk.
During his time aboard the International Space Station, Al Neyadi conducted more than 200 scientific experiments, with his latest endeavour focusing on a host...