United Arab Emirates Astronaut Hazzaa Al Mansoori | NASA Portrait

United Arab Emirates Astronaut Hazzaa Al Mansoori | NASA Portrait

Hazza Al Mansoori is an Emirati astronaut and was the first person from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in space. In 2019, he embarked on the UAE's first scientific mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission slogan was 'Zayed's Ambition', making the UAE the 19th country worldwide, and the first country in the Arab region, to travel to the International Space Station.  Mansoori was assigned to the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft, alongside Russian commander Oleg Skripochka and American flight engineer Jessica Meir of NASA. They launched to the International Space Station on September 25, 2019. In this picture, Mansouri is wearing the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit used for extravehicular activities (EVAs) or spacewalks.

The Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) is an independent anthropomorphic spacesuit that provides environmental protection, mobility, life support, and communications for astronauts performing extravehicular activity (EVA) in Earth orbit. Introduced in 1981, it is a two-piece semi-rigid suit, and is currently one of two types of EVA spacesuits used by crew members on the International Space Station (ISS), the other being the Russian Orlan space suit.

Image Credit: NASA/JSC/Bill Stafford and Riley McClenaghan

Image Date: July 11, 2023

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