First Arab Woman Astronaut Fulfills Lifelong Dream, Echoes 2013 Doc, Sepideh – Reaching for the Stars
In early July, the UAE announced it had selected 28 year-old mechanical engineer Nora al-Matrooshi to train as an astronaut for its expanding space program, and will be joining NASA;s 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class in the U.S., making her the first Arab woman to ascend to that position and, eventually, to the cosmos as well. At the […]