| Nora AlMatrooshi | |
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| نورا المطروشي | |
 AlMatrooshi in 2022 | |
| Born | 1993 (age 31–32) Emirate of Sharjah, UAE |
| Status | Active |
| Space career | |
| MBRSC astronaut | |
| Selection | |
Nora AlMatrooshi (Arabic: نورا المطروشي; born 1993) is an Emirati engineer and astronaut.
AlMatrooshi is a mechanical engineer by training, with a BS from the United Arab Emirates University. She competed in the 2011 International Mathematical Olympiad in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She also studied in 2014 at the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences (VAMK) in Finland, and studied Korean at Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. Since 2016, she works as a piping engineer at the UAE's National Petroleum Construction Company. She is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
In 2021, she was one of two astronauts chosen for the second cohort at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre. Unlike the first group, AlMatrooshi was invited to train with NASA Astronaut Group 23. In 2024, upon receiving her astronaut pin, she became the first Arab woman to graduate from NASA's astronaut program.
See also
References
- "8 Things to Know About Nora Al Matrooshi, the First Female Arab Astronaut". Vogue. 13 April 2021.
- "First Arab woman to graduate from NASA astronaut programme". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
Further reading
- Bartels, Meghan (2021-08-11). "The United Arab Emirates has 2 new astronauts. They're shooting for the moon". Space.com. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
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