Hazzaa AlMansoori (far left) and Sultan AlNeyadi (3rd from right) pose with fellow astronauts at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia.
Astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori (middle) with his fellow crew members before blast-off.
The mighty Soyuz rocket blasts off from the Baikonur launchpad in Russia.
Close friends Hazzaa AlMansoori and Sultan AlNeyadi are the nucleus of the UAE human space flight program.
Astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori lines up with his fellow crew members.
Back to earth as the Soyuz Crew capsule touches down.
Safely back on earth, astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori is chaired from the Soyuz capsule.
Hazzaa AlMansoori prepared dinner one night for the ISS crew and dined with them in traditional Emirati dress.
View of Earth taken from the International Space Station.
UAE astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori at work on the International Space Station.
Hazzaa AlMansoori (left) bonds on the launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome with fellow crew members.
KhalifaSat was developed by young Emirati engineers from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre.
KhalifaSat was developed by young Emirati engineers from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre.
KhalifaSat was developed by young Emirati engineers from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre.
Emirati astronauts count down to ISS scientific mission.
Hazzaa AlMansoori and fellow Emirati astronaut, Sultan AlNeyadi, undertook survival training in Russia’s remote and frozen wilderness to prepare for any eventuality upon re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere.
Moments away from countdown, Hazzaa AlMansoori wanders past onlookers at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Hazzaa AlMansoori and Sultan AlNeyadi pause for a thumbs up during training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia.
A mighty Russian Antonov aircraft transports the UAE's historic payload to Tanegashima in Japan before the launch of the Hope probe.
Blasting into clear blue skies, the Hope probe is sent bound for Mars.
The start of an epic journey to Mars as Hope lifts–off from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center.
UAE work on the 1.5 metre High-gain antenna that will communicate with Mission Control.
An Emirati engineer applies the final touches to the Mars orbiter.
The 2.9 metre high probe is an aluminium honeycomb structure that weighs 1500 kg.
