Terry Virts and Samantha Cristoforetti at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab
Emirati astronauts Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Neyadi have arrived in Houston to embark on an intensive Nasa training programme
The agreement will set the stage for future UAE space missions
Astronaut Steve Swanson goes under water at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid has heralded the signing of a new space partnership between the Emirates and the United States
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai
Salem Al Marri, head of the UAE's astronaut programme, said the agreement opens up new partnership opportunities between Nasa and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre. All pictures courtesy of Dubai Media Office
Yousuf Hamad Al Shaibani, director general of Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, chairman of Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
Jim Morhard, deputy administrator at Nasa
Terry Virts and Samantha Cristoforetti at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab
Emirati astronauts Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Neyadi have arrived in Houston to embark on an intensive Nasa training programme
The agreement will set the stage for future UAE space missions
Astronaut Steve Swanson goes under water at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid has heralded the signing of a new space partnership between the Emirates and the United States
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai
Salem Al Marri, head of the UAE's astronaut programme, said the agreement opens up new partnership opportunities between Nasa and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre. All pictures courtesy of Dubai Media Office
Yousuf Hamad Al Shaibani, director general of Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, chairman of Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
Jim Morhard, deputy administrator at Nasa
Terry Virts and Samantha Cristoforetti at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab