On 25 September 2019, he launched aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft to the International Space Station, where he will stay for eight days. Hazza Al Mansouri Wiki. They passed their final qualification exam on 2 nd September 2019 before flying to Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan where they prepared for the final launch set for 25 September 2019. In April, Hazza Al Mansouri was nominated as the man who would be the first Emirati astronaut and Sultan Al Neyadi was named as his back up.

Maj Hazza Al Mansouri and Dr Sultan Al Neyadi, part of the back-up crew on the landmark mission, spent more than a year training in Russia, Houston and parts of … Hazza Al Mansouri effectue sa mission sur le Soyouz MS-15, le 25 septembre 2019, avec le cosmonaute russe Oleg Skripotchka et l'astronaute américaine Jessica Meir [2].

Hazza Al Mansouri is an is one of the first two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates and a military pilot.