Shareef Al Romaithi: Emirati pilot completes 45-day Mars simulation mission - in pictures

  • Emirati pilot Shareef Al Romaithi, second left, with colleagues from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre after exiting the Hera habitat in Houston, Texas, following a 45-day Mars simulation mission. Photo: MBRSC
    Emirati pilot Shareef Al Romaithi, second left, with colleagues from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre after exiting the Hera habitat in Houston, Texas, following a 45-day Mars simulation mission. Photo: MBRSC
  • Mr Al Romaithi holds up a UAE flag outside the Hera habitat. MBRSC
    Mr Al Romaithi holds up a UAE flag outside the Hera habitat. MBRSC
  • The three-storey Hera habitat at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston. Nasa
    The three-storey Hera habitat at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston. Nasa
  • Mr Al Romaithi inside the Hera habitat, with lettuces that he and fellow crew members grew. MBRSC
    Mr Al Romaithi inside the Hera habitat, with lettuces that he and fellow crew members grew. MBRSC
  • Mr Al Romaithi and a crew mate using headsets to carry out virtual reality walks on the Martian surface. MBRSC
    Mr Al Romaithi and a crew mate using headsets to carry out virtual reality walks on the Martian surface. MBRSC