UAE selects F-16 pilot for astronaut training

A F-16 pilot and a Information Technology expert have been selected by UAE to undergo astronaut training in Russia.

Emirati F-16 Fighting Falcon in 2009

By Michael B. Keller, U.S. Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

One of them will be chosen to go to the International Space Station in April next year aboard a Soyuz rocket.

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