Amr Samra The First Egyptian on Space
Cairo: Helloegy.
Amr Samra will be the first Egyptian who reaches space and wins in Axe - Apollo Contest at Orlando , USA, after a fierce Competition between 112 competitors, only three Egyptians of them reached the finals . They were: Ahmed Hagag, Ahmed Khalid, and Amr Samra.
This victory will give Samra the chance to go on the global space trip with the famous American Astronaut Baz Aldren, one of the pioneers who walked on the moon. This trip is supposed to start the next year. The Spacecraft will rise on 100 km over see level, it will take about half an hour out the atmosphere, and then it will turn back.
On this occasion Samra has stated that: "this moment is rarely to repeat in a man's life when we get the honor to represent Egypt in a completely new domain after along time of hard working. I've won a chance to represent my country 100 km over see level."
Samra has practiced climbing since he was 16, he also climbed the first snow mountain in Alps of Switzerland, the thing that inspired him and stir his desire to climb Everest one day. And he did and became the first Egyptian who climbed the highest peak in the whole world.
Then he started to climb widely around the United Kingdom; Himalaya, Alps, Indies, Patagonia, and also around the Mountainous regions in the USA. His trips included passing the forest of Costa Rica through only three weeks, riding around the Atlas mountains in Morocco, around Andalusia in Spain, and from London to Paris.
Samra has visited more than 60 countries, he published some of his writings about his trips in both Arabic and English. He made a new achievement by reaching the peak of Mount Denali in Alaska which is considered as the second universal achievement for Samra after being titled as the first and the youngest Egyptian who reaches Everest in 2007.
Training to travel to space requires passing several psychological and physiological experiences to be able to live there. The Egyptian ministry of defense has played an important role to train the three competitors to face the challenges that were expected to deal with in the finals, which made a great contribution to qualify one of them who is Samra.
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