MBRSC is also shortlisting candidates for the second batch of the UAE Astronaut Programme, which will be announced early next year. The second batch of the Programme is aimed at finding the next two astronauts, who will join the UAE’s astronaut corps and further the country’s ambition for crewed space missions.
The UAE Astronaut Programme is one of the projects managed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre and funded by the ICT Fund of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), which aims to support research and development in the ICT sector in the UAE.
