UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi safely returns to Earth
This was the UAEs second human space flight and the Arab worlds first extended mission as well as the first time an Arab astronaut performed a spacewalk.
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This was the UAEs second human space flight and the Arab worlds first extended mission as well as the first time an Arab astronaut performed a spacewalk.
Crew-7 is the first commercial crew flight to carry people from four different agencies.
The four-person Ax-2 crew will spend 10 days at the station conducting research and educational outreach activities.
Al Neyadi is the second Emirati to travel into space, following on from Hazza Al Mansouri's eight-day stay on the ISS in September 2019.
Nasa has set a new launch date for the SpaceX rocket carrying Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi after the blast-off was postponed on February 27.
The mission will make the UAE the 11th country to send astronauts on a long-duration mission to the International Space Station.
MBRSC has announced that the first Arab long-duration astronaut mission is scheduled to launch at 11.07 AM UAE time on February 26, 2023.
The UAE astronaut will serve as a mission specialist on the SpaceX Crew-6 mission.
Under the supervision of researchers and trainers from ESA, the two astronauts were trained on the scientific experiments they will be working on during their time onboard.
