UAE ANNOUNCES A WOMAN ASTRONAUT FOR SECOND SPACE MISSION

  • 11/04/2021

The United Arab Emirates named the country’s first female astronaut. The announcement was made by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai.Noura al-Matroushi was named the first Arab woman to be sent into space. Muhammad Al Mulla is the second astronaut selected for the space mission. With this, the number of astronauts announced so far by the UAE has become four.They were selected through various stages from 4,305 applicants from the country. Both of them will be training at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas in the United States. Sheikh Mohammed wished them that they may be able to raise the name and fame of the UAE to the skies.

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