Sultan Al Neyadi is an Emirati astronaut and the United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Youth Affairs. He is one of the first two Arab astronauts, alongside Hazzaa Al Mansoori, and became the first Arab to serve a six month mission on the International Space Station, as part of Expedition 69, and the first Arab astronaut to perform a spacewalk. He was sworn in as UAE Minister of Youth on January 11, 2024.
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Wikidata P569 date of birth
1981-05-23
Wikidata P27 country of citizenship
United Arab Emirates
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In 2018, AlNeyadi was one of the two selected astronauts in the first batch
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In 2018, AlNeyadi was one of the two selected astronauts in the first batch
In Group: Astronauts of Other National Programs, Lead sentence
Sultan Saif Al Neyadi (Arabic: سلطان النيادي; born 23 May 1981) is the UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs and an astronaut.
Operated By: Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, Article text: agency link
The UAE Astronaut Programme is one of the projects managed by Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and funded by the ICT Fund of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority, which aims to support research and development in the
Associated With: Roscosmos, Article text: associated organization
In preparation for the ISS mission, Al Neyadi trained at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center at Star City in Moscow, based on an agreement with Roscosmos.
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