UAE Astronaut Candidate Training Highlight Reel

UAE astronaut candidates Nora AlMatrooshi and Mohammad AlMulla of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre work to complete various training exercises. This includes wilderness survival training in Fort Novosel (formerly known as Fort Rucker) in Alabama, and suiting up at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. AlMatrooshi and AlMulla were selected in 2021 class of astronaut candidates alongside 10 of their NASA classmates. They are set to graduate in early 2024 as flight eligible astronauts.

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