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Hazzaa AlMansoori (full name Hazzaa Ali Abdan Khalfan Al Mansoori, born in 1983) is an Emirati astronaut and the first person from the United Arab Emirates in space. In 2019, he embarked on the UAE's first mission to the International Space Station (ISS), under the slogan 'Zayed's Ambition.' This made the UAE the 19th country and the first Arab nation to reach the ISS. He launched aboard Soyuz MS-15 on September 25, 2019, and spent eight days on the ISS, returning safely to Kazakhstan on October 3, 2019, aboard Soyuz MS-12. AlMansoori was also the back-up astronaut for Sultan Al Neyadi for the UAE's second and longest Arab space mission. Previously, he was the UAE's youngest F-16 fighter pilot.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1948–2022), the UAE's second president and ruler of Abu Dhabi from November 2004 to May 2022, was the eldest son of the UAE's first president, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. He took on a significant role in the late 1990s due to his father's health issues and officially became Abu Dhabi's leader in 2004. His tenure saw cultural and academic growth, including the Louvre Abu Dhabi and Etihad Airways. Under his leadership, the UAE became a major economic power. Known for his pro-Western stance, he strengthened ties with the US and Israel.
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Depicts the colored emblem of UAE (2008 - up to date) with Arabic inscriptions anniversary above and "Commemorative Coin" below within a circle, dates on both sides enclosed by inscriptions of the legend of the bank in Arabic above and anniversary in English below. مصرف الإمارات العربية المتحدة المركزي |
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Depicts a portrait of the first Emirati astronaut with the date of the mission below the picture, wearing a space helmet facing three-quarters right on the right of the inscription "Zayed's Ambition" surrounded by the logo of Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (a blue part of the horizon above the name of the center in Arabic and English) above, his name and mission below. مركز محمد بن راشد |
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50 Dirhams
First Emirati Astronaut
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First Emirati Astronaut