Flying pupils' postcards into space and back to Earth - in pictures
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin will fly about 100,000 postcards created by UAE pupils into space and return them to their senders with a ‘flown to space’ stamp. Photo: Hazza Al Mansouri Instagram
To celebrate the UAE’s Golden Jubilee, children drew their vision for the country’s next 50 years on the postcards. Photo: Hazza Al Mansouri Instagram
UAE astronauts Hazza Al Mansouri, the first Emirati man in space, and Sultan Al Neyadi (pictured) also made surprise visits to schools while pupils drew their postcards. Photo: Beam Education
A New Shepard suborbital flight by the space tourism company will carry the messages to space next year. Photo: Hazza Al Mansouri Instagram
Blue Origin’s non-profit Club for the Future foundation has been flying postcards written by pupils all over the world since 2019. Now, the Emirates Post Group, Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, UAE Space Agency and AzurX is collaborating with the foundation to involve the Emirates on a large scale. Photo: Hazza Al Mansouri Instagram
Mr Bezos announced the educational project in May 2019 when he said it was designed to inspire youth and encourage them to think about a future in space. Photo: Beam Education
Many pupils featured planets on their postcards, depicting humans landing on Mars, the UAE flag in space and futuristic cars. Photo: Hazza Al Mansouri Instagram
Blue Origin, which has already successfully flown eight people to space, is trying to increase its presence in the UAE. Photo: Hazza Al Mansouri Instagram
