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UAE's Sultan Al Neyadi to spend 6 months on ISS

UAE's Sultan Al Neyadi to spend 6 months on ISS

The first Arab astronaut, Sultan AlNeyadi, will stay aboard the International Space Station for six months (ISS). A mission that will start in the spring of 2023 will include the Emirati. With this, the UAE will become the 11th nation in history to send a long-duration mission to space, a significant accomplishment given the nation's relative youth in the field.

The UAE President, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is leading the tributes with his congratulations, which are coming from the highest places for the astronaut.

He tweeted, "This historic milestone builds on the strong foundations of the emerging UAE space program."

One of the first two astronauts from the UAE is Sultan AlNeyadi. He supported Hazzaa AlMansoori on the nation's initial trip to the International Space Station in September 2019. After a series of exams, AlNeyadi and AlMansoori were chosen from 4,022 applicants to become the first Emirati astronauts. The UAE had agreed to send the first Arab astronaut on a 182-day trip to the ISS back in April.

The nation has reserved a spot for the Emirati to fly on SpaceX Crew-6, which is planned to take out from Florida's Kennedy Space Center in 2023. A group of Russian cosmonauts as well as American and European astronauts will welcome them inside the space station.

The Emirati astronaut will spend a prolonged 180-day stay on board the ISS doing a number of intricate and sophisticated experiments as well as extensive public outreach and education programs. After roughly 20 months of general training at the Johnson Space Center, AlNeyadi and AlMansoori received the NASA astronaut's pin in May of this year, making them eligible for flights and assignments.


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