Video: UAE astronauts prepare for their next mission

Video: UAE astronauts prepare for their next mission

UAE astronauts Hazzaa AlMansoori and Sultan AlNeyadi are preparing for their next mission of space walks and long-haul station missions in the US.

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The Dubai Media Office released a new video on Monday where the duo can be seen training at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in preparation for their future missions.

Training at the NBL is "one of the best methods to prepare astronauts for spacewalks", says the video. Neutral buoyancy is the equal tendency of an object to sink or float, it explained.

The laboratory is used to develop flight procedures, verify hardware compatibility, train astronauts, refine spacewalks procedures.

Operated by Nasa, it is located near Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

The NBL's main feature is reportedly a large indoor pool of water, in which astronauts perform simulated extravehicular activity (EVA) tasks in preparation for upcoming missions. Trainees wear suits designed to provide neutral buoyancy to simulate the microgravity that astronauts would experience during spaceflight.

In September 2020, the UAE and Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre signed an