All scenarios are in sealed envelopes and
astronauts get to pick one before the start of the exam.
This is where the UAE's first Emirati
astronaut Hazza Al Mansoori and reserve
astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi spent the last year to prepare for the mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on September 25.
The plot is loosely based on the true story of NASA
astronaut Lisa Nowak, who was arrested in 2007 for the attempted murder of her fellow
astronaut Colleen Shipman.
Part of the training was attended by Yousuf Hamad Al Shaibani, Director-General of the MBRSC, and Salem Al Marri, assistant director-general for Scientific and Technical Affairs at the MBRSC and head of the UAE
Astronaut Programme.
The training is part of the preparations for the first Emirati
astronaut to travel to the ISS on 25th September aboard the Soyuz MS 15, and part of the overall training plan for the two Emirati
astronauts.
We strive to see the UAE
Astronaut Programme achieve its objective of preparing generations of Emiratis who will contribute to enhancing the country's position in space science and research to serve the ambitious aspirations aimed at building a national knowledge-based economy".
Roscosmos took detailed measurements of the
astronauts' bodies to design the seats, in line with the agreement to send the first Emirati
astronaut to participate in scientific research in a space mission to the ISS.
Hazzaa AlMansoori, the prime
astronaut and Sultan AlNeyadi, the backup
astronaut for the scientific mission to ISS, attended the workshops.
Two American
astronauts -- Anne McClain and Christina Koch, were scheduled on March 29 by the Canadian Space Agency to lead the first all-female spacewalk.
The sixty-year-old
astronaut later explained himself in a radio programme by Dutch broadcasting network Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, "First you dial the 9 for an outside line, and then 011 for an international line.