United Arab Emirates Astronaut Candidate Training | NASA's Johnson Space Center

United Arab Emirates Astronaut Candidate Training | NASA's Johnson Space Center

In this video, United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut candidates Nora AlMatrooshi and Mohammad AlMulla of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) work to complete several training exercises. This includes wilderness survival training in Fort Novosel (formerly known as Fort Rucker) in Alabama, and suiting up at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. AlMatrooshi and AlMulla were selected in 2021 class of astronaut candidates alongside 10 of their NASA classmates. They are set to graduate in early 2024 as flight eligible astronauts.

UAE Astronaut Candidate Nora AlMatrooshi Biography:

https://www.mbrsc.ae/team/nora/

UAE Astronaut Candidate Mohammad AlMulla Biography:

https://www.mbrsc.ae/team/hazzaa_ali_almansoori/

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 20 minutes

Release Date: June 15, 2023

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