Nora AlMatrooshi (Arabic: نورا المطروشي; born 1993) is an Emirati engineer and astronaut. In April 2021, she was selected to train with the NASA Astronaut Group 23 of astronauts to work as an international mission specialist.[2]
Nora AlMatrooshi | |
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نورا المطروشي | |
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| Born | 1993 (age 30–31) Emirate of Sharjah, UAE |
| Status | Active |
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| Selection | 2021[1] |
Career
editAlMatrooshi 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 a piping engineer at the UAE's National Petroleum Construction Company. She is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.[3]
She is the first Arab woman to graduate from NASA astronaut programme.[4]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Astronaut Biography: Nora Al Matrooshi". 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "UAE announces the Arab world's first woman astronaut". The National News. 11 April 2021.
- ^ "8 Things to Know About Nora Al Matrooshi, the First Female Arab Astronaut". Vogue. 13 April 2021.
- ^ "First Arab woman to graduate from NASA astronaut programme". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
Further reading
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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.