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Hazzaa AlMansoori got a royal welcome as he returned to the UAE after becoming the first Emirati in space and the first Arab on the International Space Station (ISS). His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received Hazzaa and his mission's backup astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi as they landed at Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi on Saturday evening.
Military planes painted the skies in the UAE flag colours as Hazzaa and his team stepped out of the presidential flight at 4.51pm. Dressed in an astronaut blue jumpsuit with the UAE flag around his neck, he stepped out of the flight amid cheers from those gathered there, including his children. Sheikh Mohamed embraced Hazzaa, who presented the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince with the UAE flag he had taken to space. Hazzaa's kids then cheerfully greeted their father with bouquets of flowers and hugs.
In true Emirati style, artists put up a traditional folk music and dance show for the two astronauts.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, welcomes home UAE astronauts Hazzaa AlMansoori and Sultan AlNeyadi at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi. pic.twitter.com/ickFnHwlt0The airport was decorated with a massive photograph of Hazzaa and Sultan, photos of them in their sokol suits, and a picture of the Soyuz rocket which took Hazzaa to space. The building also had a portrait of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan with the UAE space mission's logo next to it - representing that 'Zayed's Ambition' of reaching space had been achieved.
- MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) October 12, 2019
Keeping to astronaut traditions, #HazzaaAlMansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, places the emblem of Zayed's Ambition, on the plane that brought him home.#MBRSC #UAE @astro_hazzaa @Astro_Alneyadi pic.twitter.com/TnCxxVVzhFHamad AlMansoori, chairman of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC); Yousuf Al Shaibani, director-general of the MBRSC; Salem Al Marri, head of the UAE Astronaut Programme; Hanan Al Suwaidi, the astronaut's flight doctor; and other top officials accompanied the astronauts on the flight from Moscow.
- MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) October 12, 2019
Mohamed bin Zayed receives astronauts Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Neyadi upon their arrival at the Presidential Airport, after a successful and historic trip to the International Space Station. pic.twitter.com/jwto36VCWE
- ???? ?? ???? (@MohamedBinZayed) October 12, 2019
The great spirit and vigour displayed by Hazza Al Mansoori and Sultan Al Neyadi throughout this journey has done the UAE and its people proud. We are proud of them and all ambitious UAE youth who dream big. pic.twitter.com/auxHFjsEOk"Some interesting experiments were carried out on the ISS a few days back; the astronauts tried to grow meat in space for the first time. Space turned out to be a better place to grow meat than earth," Al Marri said. "Another interesting thing about the ISS is that it has a fully integrated water filtration system. They recycle and reuse all the water there. These space-based systems are now in use in some remote parts of Africa."
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