A Soyuz rocket blasted off on Wednesday from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan carrying an Emirati who is set to make history as the first Arab on the International Space Station.
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UAE astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori on board International Space Station
Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, who is the first Emirati astronaut, will stay eight days in orbit before returning to Earth on October 3
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Star man: UAE celebrates its first astronaut in space
Dubai’s iconic Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper, lit up the moment of blast-off at 5:57pm local time
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Emirati astronaut waves goodbye to his kids, on bus to launch site
History-making Emirati astronaut Hazzaa Al Mansoori has paid his final farewells ahead of his journey into space
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Gallery: Hazzaa al-Mansoor, first Arab set for ISS mission to space
The Emirati astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoori, who will make history by becoming the first Arab on the International Space Station.
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UAE astronaut Hazzaa al-Mansoori ready for history-making space voyage
Hazzaa al-Mansoori, who will spend eight days on the ISS, will be the first Emirati astronaut and the first Arab on the orbiting laboratory
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Gallery: Soyuz rocket on the launch pad in Kazakhstan
The 50-metre-long Soyuz FG rocket which will transport the UAE’s first astronaut Hazzaa Al Mansoori to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, September 25.
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Soyuz rocket ready to take UAE astronaut to space in historic mission
Hazzaa Al Mansoori will be blasted off to space on Wednesday September 25
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Emirati astronauts raise UAE flag ahead of space mission launch
Hazzaa Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi test space suits they will wear inside Soyuz spacecraft
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Gallery: UAE’s first astronauts prepare for ISS space mission
Hazza Al Mansoori, the first Emirati astronaut to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on September 25, and Sultan Al Neyadi, the back-up astronaut, have successfully completed their final tests for the mission at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Moscow.
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Emirati astronauts complete final tests ahead of Sept 25 space mission
Hazza Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi successfully complete their final tests at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Moscow
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First Emirati astronaut to start final test ahead of ISS blast-off
Hazza Al Mansoori, along with Sultan Al Neyadi, the reserve astronaut, will start their mock mission on Friday in Russia
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Soyuz failure ‘will have no impact’ on Emirati astronaut’s mission
All systems go for Emirati astronaut Hazza Al Mansoori despite failure of spacecraft to dock at the International Space Station on Saturday
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More details revealed about first UAE astronaut’s space mission
Hazza Al Mansoori will lift off to the International Space Station at 5.56pm from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 25
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Emirati astronauts begin NASA training ahead of ISS mission
Hazzaa Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi have started a training programme at NASA’s Lyndon B Johnson Space Centre
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UAE astronauts on countdown to first space mission
Emirati astronauts Hazzaa Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi undergo training with prime and backup flight crews in Russia
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Soyuz custom seats made for UAE astronauts ahead of ISS mission
Engineers from the Russian Space Agency have designed two custom Soyuz MS-15 seats for Emirati astronauts Hazzaa AlMansoori and Sultan AlNeyadi