UAE astronauts complete survival training in US
- 23 Feb 2022
UAE astronauts Mohammad AlMulla and Nora AlMatrooshi completed their survival training as part of the NASA Astronaut Candidate Class.
The training undertaken by Nora and Mohammad in the USA included living in difficult conditions, teamwork and a rescue simulation via a helicopter.
On the other hand, Mohammed AlMulla, pioneer of the second batch of the UAE Astronaut Programme, presented a tour of a life-size model that simulates the International Space Station, in which the equipment and tools used by the astronauts on board the station appear, through video clips he posted on his account on Instagram, as part of exercises he spends at the Johnson Center Space Agency in Houston.
AlMulla reviewed several sections of the station, in which the main control room appeared, whose walls are filled with small technical devices, to control its progress and monitor its performance, as well as boxes dedicated to medical equipment and others for maintenance and mechanics equipment.
In another photo, AlMulla reviewed the sleeping bag designated for the astronauts, in which he appeared standing, a bag hanging on the wall of the orbital measurement unit of the vehicle, to avoid the feeling that his arms and legs are separated from his body in the microgravity environment, as he sleeps with his arms inside the bag, to avoid touching the transducers equipment by mistake.
