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The UAE is looking forward to the following phases of the nation’s house exploration programme after Sultan Al Neyadi’s profitable six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
Al Neyadi’s mission has gone down in historical past because the longest ever Arab house mission.
It’s the UAE’s second journey to the ISS – after the primary UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansoori’s short-duration journey in 2019 – and, in response to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, it will not be the final.
ترأست اليوم بقصر الوطن بأبوظبي اجتماعاً لمجلس الوزراء .. أكدنا في بدايته استمرار دولة الإمارات في استراتيجيتها الطموحة لقطاع تكنولوجيا الفضاء .. واستمراريتها في تأهيل وإرسال المزيد من رواد الفضاء لمحطة الفضاء الدولية .. وترحيبها بعودة ابن الإمارات سلطان النيادي أول رائد فضاء عربي… pic.twitter.com/TkFvOwYUZv
— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) September 4, 2023
Speaking to ARN, the Director of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, Salem Al Marri urged us to remain tuned for the following plans, confirming that His Highness Sheikh Mohammed is dedicated to human spaceflight and that MBRSC might be main the cost.
“That is a clear cut mandate and message to us to get working on the next plans. That’s what we’ll do, we’ll present them to His Highness and get them approved.”
Al Marri confirmed that MBRSC has two extra astronauts about to finish their coaching and reiterated their intention to ship an astronaut into house each three to 5 years, each to the ISS and past.
“The ISS is active until 2030, after that it will be deorbited and there will be other alternatives in terms of destinations for astronauts to go, whether they are private stations or government stations that are built around Earth or elsewhere,” added Al Marri.
“It’s an exciting time to be in human spaceflight, there’s a lot happening now that hasn’t happened in the last 50 years, it is really a unique time and I think what’s next is big things hopefully for the UAE and spaceflight in general.”
