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  • INTERVIEW: First Egyptian candidate ever as astronaut for a NASA-sponsored space mission

    INTERVIEW: First Egyptian candidate ever as astronaut for a NASA-sponsored space mission

    Akram Amin Abdullatif may fulfill his childhood dream of becoming the first Egyptian to travel to space, gaining inspiration from the catchphrase of his fictional childhood hero Buzz lightyear from the film Toy Story; “To infinity and beyond!” Born in Cairo in 1988, Abdullatif was selected in June to compete in the Polar Suborbital Science…