UAE astronauts conduct spacewalk training at Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
The NBL's primary function is to prepare astronauts for space missions involving Extravehicular Activities or spacewalks.
The NBL's primary function is to prepare astronauts for space missions involving Extravehicular Activities or spacewalks.
Al Neyadi has devoted 585 hours to conducting various ground-breaking experiments and nominal tasks aboard the International Space Station.
Hazzaa AlMansoori, the Expedition 69 increment lead, joined Al Neyadi from the NASA ground station in Houston
The UAE to become the 10th country to undertake Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the International Space Station.
The spacewalk – which Al Neyadi will do with NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen - is set to last about six and a half hours.
Yaping is the second Chinese woman in space, after Liu Yang made history by joining the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in 2012.
NASA and the UAE Space Agency had signed a co-operation agreement a few years ago, which said the two entities would collaborate on human spaceflights in future.
Rubins and Glover tackled the struts for the first two solar panels, set to launch in June.