UAE’s Sultan Al Neyadi to be the first Arab astronaut to spend six months on ISS

Tuesday, 26 July 2022newsdesk

Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi will become the first Arab astronaut to be part of a long-term mission to the International Space Station (ISS) after he embarks on SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission scheduled for early 2023.

New Delhi, 26 July 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, during the mission, he will conduct scientific experiments as part of the UAE (United Arab Emirates) Astronaut Programme. According to the Emirates News Agency, this makes the UAE the 11th country in the world to participate in a long-term space mission. Sultan Al Neyyadi will be the second Emirati astronaut to go to the International Space Station after Hazza Al Mansoori, who lived on the space station for eight days in 2019.

Source - The Indian Express