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In the emergency simulation of the Russian segment in ISS, astronauts successfully passed the test of the failure of communications device, the oxygen supply system, power outages, the failure of fire detection systems, and how to deal with emergency situations.

Emirati astronauts successfully complete training for historic space mission

Then there's the tilting table to prepare the astronaut to adapt to weightlessness - the table is tilted to negative (-15 degrees for 6 minutes and -40 degrees for another 6 minutes) and it is titled to positive to mimic re-entry.

Look: Inside the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre

The astronauts completed around 30 hours of theoretical and practical training, supervised by a group of ESA specialists, focusing on the equipment and systems in the European unit of the ISS, such as the life support system that ensures the survival of astronauts in the ISS.

Video: Emirati astronauts complete training in Germany

Under the supervision of researchers and trainers from ESA, the two astronauts were trained on the scientific experiments the UAE astronaut will be working on during his time onboard.

Emirati astronauts complete training at European Astronaut Centre in Germany

The UAE Astronaut Programme is funded by the ICT fund of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).

100 days left for the UAE to arrive at ISS

Yousuf Hamad AlShaibani, director general of MBRSC, said: "Beginning to design two custom Soyuz MS-15 seats for AlMansoori and AlNeyadi is a new and important step in sending the first Arab and Emirati astronaut to the ISS."

Soyuz custom seats made for UAE astronauts ahead of ISS mission

The educational outreach team of the UAE Astronaut Programme in MBRSC alongside a team from NanoRacks LLC explained how to conduct scientific experiments at ISS in a microgravity environment, and the tools and equipment used in the mission.

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre Holds Science in Space Workshop for Emirati Students to Take Part in Emirati Astronaut's Scientific Mission at ISS

Astronauts wear one of eleven spacesuits on the ISS, each of which cost $22 million!

Spacewalk: Women Making History!

This isn't the first time an astronaut has misdialled from space.

Oops! ISS astronaut accidentally dials 911 from space

MH: I did not want to take anything specifically from the astronaut memoirs I read because it felt intrusive.

To Outer Space and Beyond: An Interview with Meg Howrey, Author of The Wanderers

'The selection process covers three periods, and we will select both males and females,' said Yang Liwei, head of the China Manned Space Agency and the nation's first astronaut.