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Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), and Emirates Foundation, announced organising “Zayed’s Ambition” sessions during which school and university students, as well as the public, will get the chance to attend live video and radio sessions with Hazzaa Al Mansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, while onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
The sessions will include a live broadcast on September 25, for take-off from 4:30pm. The first live sessions with Hazzaa AlMansoori will be on September 27, where attendees can see him live from ISS in a video call, the event will commence at 12:30pm. On September 28, at 2pm one session will be held to answer questions through a radio station that was recently built at MBRSC’s headquarters.
There will also be a live session, on September 29, during an event which starts at 1:30pm to answer questions from participants. At 11:30am on September 30, an English-language session will be held to showcase the Int-Ball robotic camera, designed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa), where Hazzaa will interact also with students attending at the Jaxa ground station in Japan, asking them to send their control commands to the Int-Ball.
On October 1 at 3pm, an event will be held which will feature video communication with Hazzaa. On Thursday, October 3, the return flight will be broadcasted from the same venue at MBRSC.
MBRSC has given the online community a chance to direct questions to Hazzaa AlMansoori through the hashtag #AskHazzaa. He will then answer selected questions during the live sessions.
Students and media professionals wishing to register and participate in these sessions can register on: www.mbrsc.ae/astronauts.
Salem AlMarri, Head of UAE Astronaut Programme, said, “Involving students in such historic event is key to inspiring the next generation and fostering a culture of determination, enthusiasm and ambition among the youth. I’d like to commend the efforts of Emirates Foundation in encouraging youth towards innovation, creativity, and promoting a culture of science and knowledge.”
AlMarri explained that, for the first time in the Arab region, an astronaut onboard the ISS, will communicate with an audience in his mother-tongue, to give details about the station and the scientific experiments, which will enrich online Arabic content with scientific knowledge about space.
MBRSC has given the online community a chance to direct questions to Hazzaa AlMansoori through the hashtag #AskHazzaa. He will then answer selected questions during the live sessions.
Students and media professionals wishing to register and participate in these sessions can register on: www.mbrsc.ae/astronauts.