Sea to stars: first Arab woman astronaut in training
By AFP
10 July 2021 |
3:16 pm
The UAE's Nora al-Matrooshi is the first Arab woman to start training to be an astronaut, one of two Emiratis picked from thousands of applicants as the Gulf nation looks to the stars.
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