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The UAE's first astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori is all set to land back on earth at 2.59pm (UAE time) today. Here's a round-up of his eight-day mission.
Day 1: Launch to history
>Hazzaa launched into space at 5.57pm UAE time from Baikonur in Kazakhstan onboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft along with Nasa flight engineer Jessica Meir and Russian commander Oleg Skripochka.
Day 2: First words from outer space
>"We have reached safely, thanks to Allah. Sending my hello to all my people in the UAE," he had said
>He did his first video call with mission control and then his family. "I am so happy to hear your voices. I wish I could have shared what I was seeing with you - it's a beautiful scenery of sunsets and sunrises of the earth."
>He prayed, recorded a 15-minute film about his activities on the ISS and began his experiments.
Day 3: A royal call
>Hazzaa received a video call from His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai
>He conducted two live sessions with school students and the public. He answered questions about how the launch to space felt, and about his thoughts when he saw earth from space
>He recorded a one-hour film documenting life aboard the ISS
>He conducted an experiment on fluidics to observe how liquids move in weightlessness.
Day 4: How's life (in space)?
>Another live session via HAM radio was organised between him, school students and public, where they asked them questions about life in space, including whether there was enough food at the ISS, how the station was built, how he spent his free time, how he slept, and what astronauts do in case they fall sick
>He carried on with his fluidics experiments
Astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori during the fluidics experiment, which includes validation of fluid behaviour under microgravity. The first part of the experiment addresses technological issues relative to the slosh of fluids during satellite manoeuvres. pic.twitter.com/4E60ngSBJ0Day 5: First spatial tweet
- MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) September 30, 2019
Highlights: Emirati astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori carrying out an experiment to study time perception in microgravity.#MBRSC #MBRSpaceCentre #HazzaaAlMansoori #FirstEmiratiAstronaut #UAEInSpace #Space #UAE @astro_hazzaa pic.twitter.com/2t6eb1aOVK>He also calculated his own body mass index to study the impact of microgravity on bone density
- MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) October 1, 2019
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