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Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Neyadi during simulation training in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo: Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
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Sultan Al Neyadi training in a mock-up Dragon crew vehicle in October. Photo: Nasa / Space X
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A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Florida, carrying a Crew Dragon spacecraft to space. Photo: EPA / Nasa
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Sultan Al Neyadi training at Space X's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Photo: Nasa / Space X
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A Crew Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station, April 2022. Photo: Space X / AP
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The reusable Crew Dragon capsule returns to Earth. Photo: Nasa TV
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Sultan Al Neyadi seen for the first time in a Space X astronaut suit during a training session with his mission colleagues. Photo: Nasa / Space X
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The crew, from left, Andrey Fedyaev, William Hoburg, Stephen Bowen and Sultan Al Neyadi
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Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri before boarding a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. EPA
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UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri shortly after landing from space, October 3, 2019. AFP / Nasa
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International Space Station crew members before launch, September 25, 2019, at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. AFP
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Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Neyadi during simulation training in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo: Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
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Sultan Al Neyadi training in a mock-up Dragon crew vehicle in October. Photo: Nasa / Space X
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A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Florida, carrying a Crew Dragon spacecraft to space. Photo: EPA / Nasa
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Sultan Al Neyadi training at Space X's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Photo: Nasa / Space X
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A Crew Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station, April 2022. Photo: Space X / AP
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The reusable Crew Dragon capsule returns to Earth. Photo: Nasa TV
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Sultan Al Neyadi seen for the first time in a Space X astronaut suit during a training session with his mission colleagues. Photo: Nasa / Space X
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The crew, from left, Andrey Fedyaev, William Hoburg, Stephen Bowen and Sultan Al Neyadi
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Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri before boarding a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. EPA
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UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri shortly after landing from space, October 3, 2019. AFP / Nasa
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International Space Station crew members before launch, September 25, 2019, at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. AFP
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Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Neyadi during simulation training in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Photo: Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
SpaceX’s Dragon capsule: UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi’s fancy ride to orbit
Panoramic views of space and a toilet on board – it'll be a smooth 22-hour journey to the ISS
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