NASA to train four Emirati astronauts for future missions

NASA to train four Emirati astronauts for future missions

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have signed a strategic agreement whereby the latter will train Emirati astronauts.

Under the agreement, four Emirati astronauts will be provided advanced training.

Emirati astronauts Hazzaa AlMansoori and Sultan AlNeyadi are currently undergoing training as part of the strategic partnership between the two organisations.

Two astronauts to be selected from the second batch of the UAE Astronaut Programme will also join the 2021 NASA Astronaut Candidate Class, in which they will receive the training that US space agency's astronauts undergo, official news agency WAM reported.

The UAE will announce its next two astronauts in January 2021.

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The training programme will be conducted at NASA's Johnson Space