Al Marri
Salem Humaid Al Marri said that the UAE plans to select between four and six astronauts by next year to fly missions starting in the early 2020s.

The United Arab Emirates plans to establish its own astronaut corps in the next year, seeking to fly its citizens into space on other nations’ vehicles starting in the early 2020s.

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