First Emirati going to space: Final exam in Russia

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The final exam is for the Soyuz and Russian segment qualifications to determine how well the primary and backup astronauts have mastered operating the spacecraft and the Russian Orbital segment of the International Space Station (ISS). Read more: https://gulfnews.com/uae/watch-crucial-test-for-uaes-first-emirati-astronaut-hazza-al-mansoori-1.1567143705244

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00:00Good morning, this is Janice Ponce de Leon reporting for Gulf News live from

00:04the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Behind me is the

00:10Russian segment of the International Space Station. It is a mock-up facility

00:14where our very own Emirati reserve astronaut Sultan Alniadi along with his

00:19crewmates are taking their final exam. This is day two of the two-day mandatory

00:24final exam for all the for the primary and the secondary crew or the reserve

00:29crew who will be launched to space on the September 25. So their trip to the

00:35International Space Station is on September 25. They'll be on board the

00:40Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft but before they are launched to space they have to prove

00:47that they are ready for their spaceflight. So that's the reason why we

00:50have the exams right here. So earlier we saw Hassa Al-Mansouri, our very own Hassa

00:56Al-Mansouri, the first Emirati astronaut and his crewmates NASA astronaut

01:00Jessica Mair and Russian commander Oleg Skripochka as they entered the mock-up

01:06of the Soyuz MS capsule MS-15 spacecraft. So the exam will take a full day.

01:13Yesterday Sultan and his crewmates did the Soyuz exam and then today they're

01:19doing the ISS and then they just switched it so that both teams can do

01:23both exams in two days. We'll know the results hopefully later on or maybe in

01:28the coming days or tomorrow. We'll let you know about the results. For more

01:33updates on the UAE astronaut program and the journey of Hassa to space log on to

01:40gulfnews.com

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