00:00We just met with Emirati astronauts Hassan al-Mansouri and Sultan al-Nayyari during their
00:05last press conference before the launch to the International Space Station tomorrow.
00:16Hassan will lift off to the ISS tomorrow at 5.56 p.m. UAE time with his colleagues Russian
00:23Commander Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir on board the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft.
00:30Hassan was asked during the press conference what he would say during the final moments
00:35before liftoff. If Yuri Gagarin had the famous line, let's go and Neil Armstrong had this
00:43famous line, Houston we have liftoff. So when he was asked this his eyes lit up and Hassan said,
00:50Tawakkalna Allah, Allah, which is Arabic for we rely on the name of the Almighty God.
00:57The crew was asked if they had their friends and family members here in Baikonur to express
01:02their support and Hassan said he has more than a million from the Arab region. He also takes pride
01:09in receiving messages of support from people from all over the world. Hassan and Sultan also shared
01:15interesting stories during their training days, how they communicate using Runglish or Russian
01:20and English and how Hassan would pray on the ISS. For more details, latest updates on Hassan's
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