UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri revealed that the UAE looks from space like a star that lights up the planet, pointing out that the International Space Station is free from diseases, in addition to having a daily schedule that includes a number of experiments and scientific research, as well as communication via live broadcast With the audience.

In particular, UAE astronaut Hazza Al Mansouri said that he is in daily contact with the doctor who is following his health while on board the International Space Station, Dr. Hanan Al Suwaidi, pointing out that the station is completely free of viruses and diseases, in addition to the availability of an appropriate amount of medicines on board. For all possible diseases that may affect astronauts, making it safe for health, as well as the assignment of a doctor on duty for each astronaut on the earth station, to follow up his health.

This came in response to a question student Mahra Salem, Mansouri, via wireless communication between the International Space Station, and Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center, yesterday, which communicates with the public for the second day in a row, since his arrival at the station, last Thursday.

Responding to a question about his free time, Al-Mansouri explained that since his arrival at the station he has not had free time, in light of his work schedule, which includes conducting a number of experiments and scientific research, in addition to communicating via live broadcast with the public daily. Sometimes, when he accomplishes his duties ahead of schedule, he takes the opportunity to take pictures of the UAE when the station passes over it, stressing that the UAE looks from space like a star that lights up the planet.

Asked about his daily routine in space, Mohammed Al-Naimi explained that he wakes up from sleep at six in the morning, and after eating breakfast begins to conduct scientific experiments assigned, then devote part of his time to read, then communicate with the ground station in Moscow, and notify his doctor about his condition He also said that the time of the station is Greenwich Mean Time.

In response to a question from Shamsa Saeed, about the availability of quantities of food required for astronauts on the station, Mansouri said that the amount of food in the meals are calculated, as each meal has a certain number of calories, noting that the station receives every two weeks a shipment of foods needed for astronauts The amount currently on board is sufficient for any contingency conditions that prevent food deliveries on time.

In response to a question about the flavor of the food he ate, he stressed that the foods are the same as we eat on the surface of the Earth, but their taste is quite different on the International Space Station, because of the fluid in the body and zero gravity.

Asked about the student Mariam al-Shehhi, how the astronaut sleep on the station, said Mansouri, «sleep on the station is fun, and the astronaut can sleep anywhere and safely».

Al-Mansouri pointed out that the International Space Station was built with international cooperation in 1998, where a number of countries, including the United States, Russia, Japan and others, participated in its completion and were inhabited by astronauts in 2000.

Hazza Al - Mansouri on the third day of the International Space Station

1. He began his third day of communication with the Earth Station at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center in Dubai, where he spoke yesterday with the ground team to brief them on the activities to be carried out, and spoke to the Center again at the end of the day.

2. Talk to Dr. Hanan Al-Suwaidi, the astronaut's doctor, who follows his health throughout the mission.

3. Experiments on fluid dynamics in space have been completed in collaboration with the European Space Agency ESA to verify fluid behavior under the standard gravity coefficient (معامل-gravity).

4 - He started a number of experiments he carried with him from the schools of the United Arab Emirates, within the initiative of space science launched by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center, and participated in the conduct of about 16 schools from the state.

5- Al-Mansouri follows three different experiments daily to observe the effect of microgravity, including germination of seeds and growth of some aquatic organisms, in addition to monitoring the rates of oxidation of steel in the absence of gravity.

6. Record his diary for 15 minutes to document his activities aboard the International Space Station. It also conducts several experiments aboard the International Space Station to study the interaction of human body biomarkers in space, compared to experiments conducted on the surface of the Earth, and study the indicators of bone condition, disorders in motor activity, perception and perception of time in the astronaut, in addition to the dynamics of fluids in space, And the impact of living in space on humans.