UAE Business: MBRSC completes first UAE Analog Mission – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: MBRSC completes first UAE Analog Mission – Gulf Digital News

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has announced the accomplishment of the first UAE Analog Mission after achieving all its objectives as part of the Sirius-21 programme.

The programme commenced on November 4, 2021 and lasted for 8 months to test the effects of isolation on humans’ psychological and physiological conditions. Analog Astronaut Saleh AlAmeri from MBRSC took part in the mission representing the UAE, with Oleg Blinov, surgeon, Viktoria Kirichenko from the Institute of Medical and Biological Research in Moscow, and Ashley Kowalski and William Brown of NASA.

The participation of the UAE in the mission aimed to support scientific communities and research centres locally and internationally, as the outputs of the mission will positively reflect on scientific research efforts, especially since AlAmeri conducted 70 experiments during the mission’s period, including 5 experiments from four Emirati universities covering the fields of physiology, psychology, and biology.

Hamad Obaid AlMansoori, Chairman of MBRSC said: “We aim to achieve continuous successes of various UAE initiatives through our upcoming projects. It is worth noting the UAE, analog astronaut Saleh AlAmeri, has contributed new knowledge and key developments to the Emirati space exploration project, thanks to his efforts and perseverance that led to the Analog Mission's