• UAE astronaut Hazza al-Mansouri is carried from the landing site. AFP / NASA
    UAE astronaut Hazza al-Mansouri is carried from the landing site. AFP / NASA
  • Hazza Al Mansouri gestures to spectators. AP Photo
    Hazza Al Mansouri gestures to spectators. AP Photo
  • Hazza Al Mansouri reacts shortly after landing. Reuters
    Hazza Al Mansouri reacts shortly after landing. Reuters
  • Hazza Al Mansouri is all smiles on landing. Nasa / YouTube screengrab
    Hazza Al Mansouri is all smiles on landing. Nasa / YouTube screengrab
  • Hazza Al Mansouri is tended to by ground crews. Nasa / Youtube screengrab
    Hazza Al Mansouri is tended to by ground crews. Nasa / Youtube screengrab
  • Russian space agency rescue team members and United Arab Emirates specialists carry Maj Al Mansouri. AP Photo
    Russian space agency rescue team members and United Arab Emirates specialists carry Maj Al Mansouri. AP Photo
  • US astronaut Nick Hague calls his relatives. AP Photo
    US astronaut Nick Hague calls his relatives. AP Photo
  • US astronaut Nick Hague, Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, and UAE astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, sit in chairs shortly after landing. AP Photo
    US astronaut Nick Hague, Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, and UAE astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, sit in chairs shortly after landing. AP Photo
  • NASA specialists carry US astronaut Nick Hague. AP Photo
    NASA specialists carry US astronaut Nick Hague. AP Photo
  • Russian space agency rescue team members and United Arab Emirates specialists carry Maj Al Mansouri. AP Photo
    Russian space agency rescue team members and United Arab Emirates specialists carry Maj Al Mansouri. AP Photo
  • NASA specialists carry US astronaut Nick Hague. AP Photo
    NASA specialists carry US astronaut Nick Hague. AP Photo
  • The first sighting of the MS-12 upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Screengrab Nasa / YouTube
    The first sighting of the MS-12 upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Screengrab Nasa / YouTube
  • The Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule lands about 150km south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan. AP Photo
    The Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule lands about 150km south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan. AP Photo
  • The Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule lands about 150km south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan. AP Photo
    The Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule lands about 150km south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan. AP Photo
  • Rescue vehicles approach the capsule. AP Photo
    Rescue vehicles approach the capsule. AP Photo
  • Specialists turn a Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule after the landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Reuters
    Specialists turn a Russian Soyuz MS-12 space capsule after the landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Reuters
  • The Soyuz MS-12 free of the International Space Station. Screengrab via Nasa / YouTube
    The Soyuz MS-12 free of the International Space Station. Screengrab via Nasa / YouTube
  • Hazza Al Mansouri before entering the hatch. Screegrab via Nasa / YouTube
    Hazza Al Mansouri before entering the hatch. Screegrab via Nasa / YouTube

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Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri returns to Earth - in pictures

The first UAE astronaut touches down safely in the Soyuz MS-12 descent module in Kazakhstan

The National

October 03, 2019

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Mission accomplished.

Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri returned to Earth on Thursday after completing a "bullseye landing" in the Kazakhstan countryside.

Maj Al Mansouri was returning from an eight-day mission at the International Space Station. He was travelling Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and American astronaut Nick Hague.
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