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Hazza Al Mansoori in pictures. First Emarati Astronaut

  • Publish date: Sunday، 29 September 2019 Last update: Thursday، 25 February 2021
Hazza Al Mansoori in pictures. First Emarati Astronaut

Hazza Al Mansouri was born on 13 December 1983 in the Abu Dhabi suburb of Al Wathba. In his childhood, Hazza loved exploring and watching stars and meteors on dark nights in the desert of Liwa where he spent most of his childhood. He dreamed of being a pilot and loved to read about airplanes and space trips.

On 25 September 2019 he launched aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft to the International Space Station, where he will stay for eight days.