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A rocket Soyuz in the launch assembly on June 18, 2018 in Samara, Russia. Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images
A rocket Soyuz in the launch assembly on June 18, 2018 in Samara, Russia. Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images
Sheikh Mohammed: First UAE astronaut is heading to the stars next year
Flight on a Russian Soyuz spaceship is said to be April 2019