Sultan Al Neyadi UAE’s Astronaut Embarks On Historic Spacewalk
On Friday, April 28,?Sultan Al Neyadi, the second astronaut from the United Arab Emirates and the longest-serving Arab in space, will begin his riskiest task, a spacewalk, becoming the first Arab to do so. Tomorrow, Sultan Saif Hamad Al Neyadi, a 41-year-old former network engineer for the UAE Armed Forces, is slated to make his first spacewalk as an Emirati, marking a significant development in the nation’s space program.
On Friday, UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi will become the first Arab astronaut to perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS), joining ten foreign astronauts. Al Neyadi posted a photo of himself in a spacesuit for his six-hour flight outside the ISS. AlNeyadi and NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen will assemble, maintain, and improve the space station during the 261st spacewalk.?
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