Tag: Arab astronaut

The 2021 NASA Astronaut Candidate Class, known as ‘The Flies’ featured ten NASA candidates along with the UAE’s AlMulla and AlMatrooshi, the latter being the first female Arab astronaut. Dubai: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) today announced the graduation of Emirati astronauts Nora AlMatrooshi and Mohammad AlMulla from the 2021 NASA Astronaut Candidate […]

Dubai: The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced that Sultan AlNeyadi will become the first Arab astronaut to undertake a spacewalk during Expedition 69 on the International Space Station (ISS). Scheduled for April 28, the UAE will become the 10th country to perform a spacewalk on the ISS. AlNeyadi will be part of the […]