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Aspiring UAE's Female Space Explorers To Join Space Centre Training

After two successful editions, the region's only space exploration programme is turning its attention to girls between the ages of 12 and 18 who aspire to be engineers, scientists, or even astronauts in the near future.
Director General of the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT), Dr. Abdullatif Al Shamsi told Emirates News Agency (WAM) that 25 female students will be selected through rigorous process to join Space Centre Houston's Space Camp Training, which is the visitor centre of NASA Johnson Space Centre, from Dec 15 to Dec 25, 2012.
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