“We are looking for a new astronaut to perform another task for the UAE in space, those who have the desire and energy can register in the space center of Mohammed bin Rashid. Our mission continues, and in space exploration we are at the beginning of the way, ”he wrote.

However, he noted that the selection is held among men and women.

In October, the head of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin said that Russia and the UAE began negotiations on the flight of the second emirate cosmonaut.

The head of the Space Policy Institute, Ivan Moiseev, spoke with Sputnik Radio about the prospects for cooperation between Russia and the UAE in space.