September 5, 2018
Categories: GCTC, Roscosmos, Russia

Today, the GCTC starts training of the UAE representatives as participants in the space flight on the manned spaceship “Soyuz MS” to the Russian segment of the ISS in April 2019.

Two candidates selected by the Main Medical Commission, whose meeting was held at the GCTC at the end of August, will start training at the Center.

The general program for the training of the participant in the space flight of the UAE and its backup provides the training in the systems of the ISS  and “Soyuz” spacechip, complex and medical -biological training with regular physical training.

Special training is also planned for the actions of the crew in extreme conditions and situations, flights on the IL-76 aircraft  with the reproduction of zero-gravity modes.

The main part of the training will be performed on the basis of the GCTC.

The program of training will end with the examination complex trainings of the crew and prelaunch training at Baikonur cosmodrome.

The flight of the first representative of the UAE to the ISS is scheduled for April 2019 and will last about a week.

The launch will be carried out on the  spacecraft “Soyuz MS-12”, the return is planned with the crew of the “Soyuz MS-10” spacecraft.DSC_83801

Hazzaa Al Mansuri

He was born on December 13, 1987 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Officer of the Army of the United Arab Emirates. Pilot.

DSC_83711

Sultan Al-Neyadi

He was born on May 23, 1981 in Al Ain, UAE. Serves in the Armed Forces of the UAE as a network support engineer.

More from this category:
January 24, 2020

The Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolay Tikhonov and Andrey Babkin successfully passed the test according to the program of scientific and applied research and experiments on simulators…

full story
July 8, 2024

Testing of RD-191M finalisation engines has been successfully completed at NPO Energomash’s research and test facility. The single-chamber liquid-propellant engine is designed for the Angara-A5M…

full story
May 19, 2021

Roscosmos cosmonaut corps cosmonauts undergo special training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center to orientate on the Earth from the International Space Station using key…

full story
October 22, 2013

At the meeting in Star City Interdepartmental Commission called for new ISS main and back-up crews approval , – GCTC spokesman reported. “The crews will…

full story
Soyuz MS-22 successfully launched to the ISS
September 26, 2022

On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 16:54:49.531 Moscow time, the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-22 manned spacecraft (K.E. Tsiolkovsky”) and the crew of…

full story
August 28, 2013

Progress centre is developing new Soyuz-5 booster replacing the models used today, – TsSKB-Progress Director General Alexander Kirilin reported on MAKS 2013 International Airshow held…

full story
March 12, 2020

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center passes the second day of exam complex training. The first on the simulator of the “Soyuz MS” manned spacecraft…

full story
March 6, 2017

On March 6 the most important woman in the Universe Valentina Tereshkova celebrates her 80th Birthday. Our famous Tchaika (eng. Seagull) was born on March…

full story