The two Emiratis have been training hard for the mission, enduring simulations of zero gravity and learning to fend for themselves in the wilderness to prepare them for the possibility of an off-course landing in Siberia.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid, Crown Prince of Dubai meets the first Emirati astronauts Hazza Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi. All photos by Wam
Hazza Al Mansouri, 34, and Sultan Neyadi, 37, enjoyed a royal appointment with Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed after landing back in the UAE following extensive training in Russia.
The country will be told at a press conference at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre on Monday which of the men will carve out a place in the record books and be the first Emirati in space.
The chosen astronaut will embark on a voyage aboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station.
The mission details are to be revealed at the press conference in Dubai on Monday.
The two Emiratis have been training hard for the mission, enduring simulations of zero gravity and learning to fend for themselves in the wilderness to prepare them for the possibility of an off-course landing in Siberia.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid, Crown Prince of Dubai meets the first Emirati astronauts Hazza Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi. All photos by Wam
Hazza Al Mansouri, 34, and Sultan Neyadi, 37, enjoyed a royal appointment with Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed after landing back in the UAE following extensive training in Russia.
The country will be told at a press conference at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre on Monday which of the men will carve out a place in the record books and be the first Emirati in space.
The chosen astronaut will embark on a voyage aboard a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station.
The mission details are to be revealed at the press conference in Dubai on Monday.
The two Emiratis have been training hard for the mission, enduring simulations of zero gravity and learning to fend for themselves in the wilderness to prepare them for the possibility of an off-course landing in Siberia.
