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UAE flag, MBRSC logo on Soyuz FG rocket

  • 23 Sep 2019
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The Soyuz booster rocket FG is transported to the launch pad in Kazakhstan on Monday. AFP

The Soyuz FG rocket on Sunday boasts the UAE flag and Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre logo in preparation for September 25 mission.

The Soyuz FG, carrying the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft, in which Hazzaa AlMansoori, the first Emirati astronaut, will launch to the International Space Station, is emblazoned with the logo of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre and the UAE flag along with the flags of Russia and America in preparation for the historic mission.

The Soyuz rocket was first launched in 1966, and the launch system was developed by Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation, Energia, and built by the Research and Production Development Center of Progress Rocket Space Centre in Samara, Russia.

The photo of the Soyuz FG rocket was taken from the Baikonur Cosmodrome facilities in Kazakhstan, where the three stages of the rocket are being assembled ahead of the launch.

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