“Thank you to Allah for the safe return of Hazzaa al-Mansouri to the Earth after a successful flight to the ISS. Congratulations to the emirates on a historic achievement. The sons of Zeyid are determined to realize our desire to reach Mars, ”wrote the Crown Prince.

Previously, the Soyuz MS-12 manned spacecraft with three crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) landed in Kazakhstan.

On board were Russian Aleksey Ovchinin, American Nick Hague and the first cosmonaut from the UAE, Hazzaa al-Mansouri.

Also, the chairman of the board of directors of the UAE space agency Ahmad Belhole announced plans to send another astronaut to the ISS.