1. United Arab Emirates
  2. Turkey
  3. Jordon
  4. Lebanon
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Option 1 : United Arab Emirates

The correct answer is United Arab Emirates.

  • Astronaut and engineer Nora Al Matrooshi is an Emirati. She will undergo training with NASA Astronaut Group 23 to become a specialist for international missions after being chosen in April 2021.
  • She holds a BS from the United Arab Emirates University and is a mechanical engineer by trade.
  • The next two astronauts of the United Arab Emirates' space programme were announced on April 10, 2021.
  • Additionally, it features Noura al-Matroushi, the nation's first female astronaut.
  • The two astronauts' names were revealed on Twitter by Dubai's autocratically-ruled ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who also holds the positions of vice president and prime minister.

  • The class of NASA Astronaut Group 23, often known as "The Flies," was announced on December 6th, 2021, and is expected to report for duty sometime in 2022.
  • Seven males and five women were among the twelve astronaut candidates who were chosen.
  • Initially scheduled to arrive at the Johnson Space Center in Houston for training in the summer of 2021, the Group 23 Astronaut Candidates will be qualified for future missions to the International Space Station in low Earth orbit aboard NASA or commercial crew vehicles, the Moon via the Artemis programme, and Mars once their roughly two-year training programme is finished. 
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