UAE Business: UAE to send astronaut to Space Station for 180 days – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: UAE to send astronaut to Space Station for 180 days – Gulf Digital News

Marking its first long-term mission, the UAE is launching a new space mission that will send an Emirati astronaut to the International Space Station for 180 days.

For this the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has signed a new strategic cooperation in human spaceflight with Axiom Space a leading human spaceflight and infrastructure company.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said: "We launched the ‘UAE Astronaut programme’ more than five years ago… The UAE sent the first Arab astronaut on a historic trip to the International Space Station... Today we announce a new cooperation between the UAE and the US to send an Emirati astronaut on the first long-term mission aboard the International Space Station.”

New milestone

HH Sheikh Mohammed added: “Signing the agreement to send the first Arab astronaut in a long-term mission of 180 days to the International Space Station is a new milestone for the UAE space sector. The UAE will be among 11 countries in the world that carried out long-term space missions."

HH Sheikh Mohammed said: “Our space sector is constantly evolving. The new mission will add new experiences and knowledge to the Emirati astronaut