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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.
The training focussed on the European unit, Columbus, onboard the International Space Station (ISS). 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. The training is part of the preparations for the first Emirati astronaut to travel to the ISS on September 25 aboard the Soyuz MS 15, and part of the overall training plan for the two Emirati astronauts.
The astronauts completed around 30 hours of theoretical and practical training, supervised by a group of ESA specialists, focusing on the equipment and systems in the European unit of the ISS, such as the
Life Support System that ensures the survival of astronauts in ISS. The training, all performed in a real like module
of the European laboratory aboard ISS, Columbus, also included communicating with the ground station.