ABU DHABI / WAM In a new Arab achievement, the UAE has announced the selection of the first two Emirati astronauts, Hazza Ali Abdan Al Mansouri and Sultan Saif Hamad Al Neyadi, in cooperation with the Russian space agency, Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, among the 4,000 young men and women who have been tested for the UAE Astronaut ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE’s ongoing achievements that are taking place have succeeded in transforming ideas into reality, with the support of the wise leadership, who on Monday declared a new Arab achievement related to space, by announcing the names of the first two Emirati astronauts who will travel to the International Space Station. This achievement highlights the UAE’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Dr Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the UAE Space Agency, said that the declaration of the two astronauts who will travel to space under the UAE flag has placed the country in a more competitive and proud ...