First astronaut from UAE blasts off for ISS alongside astronauts from US, Russia

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First astronaut from UAE blasts off for ISS alongside astronauts from US, Russia
By Emily Judd, Al Arabiya English Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Hazzaa Al Mansoori made history on Wednesday, becoming the first Emirati astronaut to be deployed on a space mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Al Mansoori was launched on board a Soyuz-MS 15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Space Center in Kazakhstan.

Before takeoff Al Mansoori, a native of Abu Dhabi, asked God to grant him success in the mission.

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