UAE's Nora Al Matrooshi and Mohammad Al Mulla during their Nasa training - in pictures

  • Nora Al Matrooshi and Mohammed Al Mulla from the UAE are featured in Nasa's 2023 astronaut class photos. Photo: Anil Menon Twitter
    Nora Al Matrooshi and Mohammed Al Mulla from the UAE are featured in Nasa's 2023 astronaut class photos. Photo: Anil Menon Twitter
  • Ms Al Matrooshi and Mr Al Mulla featured in the Nasa 2023 astronaut class photos. Photo: Anil Menon Twitter
    Ms Al Matrooshi and Mr Al Mulla featured in the Nasa 2023 astronaut class photos. Photo: Anil Menon Twitter
  • The UAE’s latest astronauts will soon begin spacewalk training at Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas. All photos: Mohammed Al Mulla Twitter
    The UAE’s latest astronauts will soon begin spacewalk training at Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas. All photos: Mohammed Al Mulla Twitter
  • The NBL pool is 12 metres deep and helps simulate microgravity, allowing trainees to work on a replica of the space station placed underwater.
    The NBL pool is 12 metres deep and helps simulate microgravity, allowing trainees to work on a replica of the space station placed underwater.
  • Nora Al Matrooshi, the UAE's first female astronaut, and Mohammed Al Mulla (third to right) completed training on the T-6A aircrafts. Now, they begin training on the T-38 Talon, supersonic jets that help prepare astronauts for spaceflight. Here, they are pictured with their Nasa colleagues, who are also in training. Photo: Anil Menon Instagram
    Nora Al Matrooshi, the UAE's first female astronaut, and Mohammed Al Mulla (third to right) completed training on the T-6A aircrafts. Now, they begin training on the T-38 Talon, supersonic jets that help prepare astronauts for spaceflight. Here, they are pictured with their Nasa colleagues, who are also in training. Photo: Anil Menon Instagram
  • UAE's four astronauts at the Expo 2020 Dubai in 2021. Photo: Mohammed AL Mulla Instagram
    UAE's four astronauts at the Expo 2020 Dubai in 2021. Photo: Mohammed AL Mulla Instagram
  • UAE's first female astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi attends her colleague Sultan Al Neyadi's launch to the ISS in Florida. Sarwat Nasir / The National
    UAE's first female astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi attends her colleague Sultan Al Neyadi's launch to the ISS in Florida. Sarwat Nasir / The National
  • Hazza Al Mansouri (left), Nora Al Matrooshi (second to left), Sultan Al Neyadi (right) and Mohammed Al Mulla together for the first time at Nasa Johnson Space Centre in Houston. Photo: Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
    Hazza Al Mansouri (left), Nora Al Matrooshi (second to left), Sultan Al Neyadi (right) and Mohammed Al Mulla together for the first time at Nasa Johnson Space Centre in Houston. Photo: Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre