Hassa al-Mansuri

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Hassa al-Mansuri
Hassa al-Mansuri
Country: United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab
Emirates
Organization: MBRSC
selected on 3rd September 2018
Calls: 1 space flight
Begin: September 25, 2019
Landing: 3rd October 2019
Time in space: 7d 21h 2min
Space flights

Hassa al-Mansuri ( Arabic هزاع المنصوري, DMG Hazzāʿ al-Manṣūrī ; born December 13, 1983 in Al Wathba ) is a military pilot and the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates . Its first space flight led to the International Space Station (ISS) in September 2019 and lasted a week.

Education and military career

Al-Mansuri was born in al-Wathba , a suburb of Abu Dhabi , and grew up in the nearby al-Dhafra region. He obtained a bachelor's degree in aeronautics from the Khalifa bin Zayed Air College in al-Ain . He became the youngest pilot in the Emirates Air Force and last flew the F-16 fighter jet . Al-Mansuri trained F-16 pilots and was an aerobatic pilot with this jet.

Astronaut activity

In 2017, the United Arab Emirates' manned space program was launched. Hassa al-Mansuri applied as one of 4022 astronaut candidates. After a multi-stage selection process, the decision was made in September 2018 that, together with Sultan al-Nejadi, he would form the first space travel group in the Emirates. Since then, both have trained at the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training center near Moscow.

Al-Mansuri was initially scheduled to be a crew member of the Soyuz MS-12 ISS feeder flight in April 2019. After the Soyuz MS-10 failed start , the crew planning for the space station changed. Al-Mansuri, along with Oleg Skripotschka and Jessica Meir, was assigned to the Soyuz MS-15 ISS mission , which flew to the space station on September 25, 2019. There he was responsible, among other things, for the supervision of 16 experiments from his home country, which had been designed in 16 different schools as part of the Science in Space competition . Al-Mansuri's return flight took place on October 3, 2019 with Soyuz MS-12.

Private

Al-Mansuri is married and has four children.

Web links

Commons : Hassa al-Mansuri  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ready for takeoff! The UAE has finally chosen its first-ever astronauts. In: stepfeed.com. September 4, 2018, accessed August 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d How UAE astronauts reacted to call-up: One went jogging, the other thought it was a dream. In: Khaleej Times . February 26, 2019, accessed on August 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b MBRSC astronauts. Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center, accessed August 28, 2019 .
  4. ^ Hazza Al Mansouri chosen to become first Emirati in space. In: Gulf News . April 12, 2019, accessed on August 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Chris Gebhardt: Soyuz-FG retirement; Last launch from Gagarin's Start lofts first Emirati astronaut. In: Nasaspaceflight.com. September 25, 2019, Retrieved September 25, 2019 (Russian).
  6. ↑ First UAE astronaut's ISS mission launch time revealed. In: Khallej Times. August 27, 2019, accessed August 28, 2019 .
  7. ↑ UAE's 1st Astronaut To Conduct 16 Experiments On International Space Station - Official. In: UrduPoint. August 26, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Mansuri, Hassa al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Military pilot and astronaut from the United Arab Emirates
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Al Wathba , Emirate of Abu Dhabi