Two emirate cosmonauts undergo training in zero gravity in the suburbs.
Dubai, UAE. The first emirate astronauts - Khazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Neyyadi - undergo weightless training at the Cosmonaut Training Center. Yu. A. Gagarin in Star City in the suburbs.
The corresponding video, which shows how Russian specialists are helping the Emirates adapt the vestibular apparatus to zero gravity conditions, was distributed by the Muhammad bin Rashid Space Center.
In particular, the Emirates learn to put on and take off their spacesuit in 15 seconds and act in emergency situations. The conditions mimic the real situation aboard the International Space Station.
It is expected that one of the emirate cosmonauts will go to the ISS in September this year, and the duration of his stay in orbit will be 8 days. This flight was originally scheduled for April 2019, but was delayed due to the emergency launch of the Soyuz MS-10 ship in October 2018.
