Saudi mechanical engineer, Meshal Al-Shahrani, who has studied in the United States, has joined the US government’s famous National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, to work in developing a device simulating a zero gravity environment, Al Arabiya reported.
Al-Shahrani, who is the first Saudi Arabian citizen to join NASA, said in a statement that the device will help scientists and researchers in the field of bio-engineering in analysing organic samples under the zero gravity.
The device will be sent to space to compare the results according to an action plan extended over a whole year.
Al-Shahrani received his education in the province of Aqiq and worked in Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil giants, for four years before traveling abroad to study mechanical engineering at the California State University.