UAE astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi enters the International Space Station
Emirati astronaut Sultan al-Neyadi landed at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday a day after blasting off in a spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The SpaceX Dragon capsule, named Endeavour, docked rapidly after 10.40 a.m. UAE time following a 24-hour experience to ISS the place al-Neyadi and his three crew participants will spend the subsequent six months in what will be the Arab world’s longest house mission. It will see experiments ranging from the human mobile boom in the house to controlling flammable substances in microgravity.
The Crew-6 launch is carrying two NASA astronauts, Mission Commander Stephen Bowen, and Pilot Warren Hoburg, along with the UAE’s al-Neyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, who will serve as mission specialists for a space station science expedition.
Dr al-Neyadi is only the second-ever Emirati to travel into space, following Hazza al-Mansouri’s eight-day stay on the ISS in 2019. He is also the first Emirati to launch from US soil as part of a long-duration space station team.
After the successful launch, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said: “I join the nation in congratulating Sultan al-Neyadi as he begins his pioneering mission aboard the International Space Station.”
“His inspiring achievement is a source of great pride to the UAE and another milestone in the journey of our nation and the ambitions of our people.”
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