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Dubai (UAE), Aug 6 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Ali Haider) Since she was little, Emirati Nora Al Matrooshi always looked at the stars and said: "One day I will go there." Now she is training to be the first Arab woman to reach space, an achievement for which she hopes to break all the stereotypes of a patriarchal society that does not see her in this profession.Al Matrooshi will be part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) team of four astronauts, which includes Haza al Mansoori, the first astronaut to fly into space in September 2020 for an eight-day mission to the International Space Station.FOOTAGE OF AND INTERVIEW WITH NORA AL MATROOSHI.
David Beckham is said to be in talks with space firms about being the first footballer to be blasted into space.
A team of 7 volunteer 'astronauts' will take part in a simulation of a two-week-long mission to the surfaces of the Moon and Mars near the town of Pila, Poland in a project called the Poland Mars Analogue Simulation 2017, or PMAS 2017. The volunteers will stay inside the simulated space module until August 13, spending the first three days in 'lunar mode' before switching to prepare for the red planet.
World renown theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking had some choice words for humanity, delivering a warning about climate change and the survival of the human race ahead of this year's edition of the Starmus festival. Stephen Hawking has a rare form of ALS which has paralyzed him over time, only allowing him to communicate using one cheek muscle and a speech generating device.
This man is Pavel Yusov, and he's spent the last five days suspended in water with his body wrapped in a waterproof suit. It's all part of an experiment called 'dry immersion' and the main goal of the project is to find out more about the effects of zero gravity on the human body. Scientists from Moscow's Institute of Medical and Biological Problems measure the physiological effects of microgravity after five days, conductin a full medical examination on the subject, similar to the checkups on cosmonauts and astronauts after they return from space. Even short exposure to microgravity causes the human body to lose muscle tone and decreases the ability to operate in earth gravity, but dry immersion experiments hope to help space travelers overcome these effects.
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