UAE – First Arab astronaut to arrive at space station

Dubai-United Arab Emirates 26/09/2019

Set out for the International Space Station on Wednesday, UAE’s Hazzaa al-Mansoori, became the first Arab astronaut to visit the station, arriving at dawn on Thursday on a “Soyuz MS-15” spaceflight launched from Kazakhstan with the American Jessica Meir and Russian Oleg Skripochka, after a six-hour journey that was free of problems.