Reading Across the Curriculum - 2 TOPIC: Hazza Al Mansouri

Reading Across the Curriculum - 2 TOPIC: Hazza Al Mansouri

Grade: 2 – SOCIAL STUDIES

The Indian High School, Dubai (Garhoud)

Reading Across the Curriculum - 2

TOPIC: Hazza Al Mansouri

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Hazza Al Mansouri was born on 13 December 1983 in Abu Dhabi. He loved exploring and watching stars and meteors on dark nights in the desert of Liwa where he spent most of his childhood. He dreamed of being a pilot and loved to read about airplanes and space trips.

Al Mansouri was one of the two people selected from 4022 candidates, following a series of tests in the UAE and Russia. His military background helped him to pass the tests. Al Mansouri went through a training in Russia in preparation for the space mission. He travelled on SOYUZ MS 15 on September 25th, 2019 and returned back to Earth after 8 days.

The trip was a positive sign for the UAE's growing space sector. He took a silk UAE flag, 30 seeds of the ghaf tree, a copy of the Holy Quran, a picture of H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and copy of Qissati (H.H. Sheikh Mohammed’s autobiography).

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Hazza Al Mansouri was born in ________________.

• Dubai

• Abu Dhabi

• Al Ain

His ________________background helped him to pass the tests.

• navy

• pilot

• military

Hazza Al Mansouri’s dream was to become a pilot.

• True

• False

Al Mansouri went through a training in _____ for the space mission.

• Europe

• Abu Dhabi

• Russia

He took the UAE flag with him to space.

• True

• False