Nora Al Matrooshi
Nora Al Matrooshi | |
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نورا المطروشي | |
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| Born | 1993 (age 28–29) |
| Status | Active |
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| Selection | 2021[1] |
Nora Al Matrooshi (نورا المطروشي — born in 1993 in the Emirate of Sharjah) is an Emirati engineer and astronaut. Selected in April 2021, she will train with the NASA Astronaut Group 23 of astronauts to work as an international mission specialist.[2]
She is a mechanical engineer by training, with a BS from the United Arab Emirates University. She competed in the 2011 International Mathematical Olympiad in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She also studied in 2014 at the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences (VAMK) in Finland, and studied Korean at Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. Since 2016, she works as piping engineer at the UAE's National Petroleum Construction Company.
See also[]
- Timeline of space travel by nationality
- UAE Space Agency
References[]
- ^ "Astronaut Biography: Nora Al Matrooshi". 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ UAE announces the Arab world’s first woman astronaut
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- Bartels, Meghan (2021-08-11). "The United Arab Emirates has 2 new astronauts. They're shooting for the moon". Space.com. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
Categories:
- Emirati astronauts
- Women astronauts
- Living people
- 1993 births
- United Arab Emirates University alumni
- Hanyang University alumni