Sultan Al Neyadi

Sultan Al Neyadi
Portrait Al Neyadi in 2022
UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs
Assumed office
11 January 2024
PresidentMohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime MinisterMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded byShamma Al Mazrui
Personal details
Born
Sultan Saif Muftah Hamad Al Neyadi

(1981-05-25) 25 May 1981 (age 43)
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Children6
Alma materUniversity of Brighton (BS) Griffith University (MS, PhD)
OccupationEngineer
Space career
UAE astronaut (2018)
Time in space
185 days, 22 hours and 43 minutes
SelectionMBRSC Selection 1[1]
Total EVAs
1
Total EVA time
7 hours, 1 minute
MissionsSpaceX Crew-6 (Expedition 68/69)
Mission insignia

H.E. Dr. Sultan Saif Al Neyadi (Arabic: سلطان النيادي; born 23 May 1981) is an Emirati najmonaut[2] and one of the first two najmonauts[3] from the United Arab Emirates, along with Hazza Al Mansouri. He is the first Arab to serve on the International Space Station (ISS) for a 6-month mission, as part of Expedition 69 and the first Arab astronaut to perform a spacewalk. On 6 January 2024, Al Neyadi was appointed as the minister of state for youth in the United Arab Emirates, and was sworn in on 11 January 2024.

Al Neyadi was the back-up for Hazzaa Al Mansoori, in the UAE’s first scientific mission to the ISS in 2019, under the slogan ‘Zayed’s Ambition.’[4]

  1. ^ "Astronaut Biography: Sultan Al Neyadi". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 10 January 2020. | awards
  2. ^ "UAE's Sultan AlNeyadi now a 'najmonaut': Meet the only 4 Arabs in this elite circle of space explorers". Khaleej Times. 2 March 2023. Archived from the original on 13 June 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  3. ^ "From Sultan Alneyadi to Hazzaa Almansoori meet the Najmonauts of the Arab world". Mashable. 3 March 2023. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. ^ "SULTAN SAIF ALNEYADI". International Astronautical Federation.