Sultan Al Neyadi | |
|---|---|
_2.jpg) Portrait Al Neyadi in 2022 | |
| UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs | |
| Assumed office 11 January 2024 | |
| President | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Prime Minister | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Preceded by | Shamma Al Mazrui |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sultan Saif Muftah Hamad Al Neyadi 25 May 1981 Al Ain, United Arab Emirates |
| Children | 6 |
| Alma mater | University of Brighton (BS) Griffith University (MS, PhD) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Space career | |
| UAE astronaut (2018) | |
Time in space | 185 days, 22 hours and 43 minutes |
| Selection | MBRSC Selection 1[1] |
Total EVAs | 1 |
Total EVA time | 7 hours, 1 minute |
| Missions | SpaceX 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]
- ^ "Astronaut Biography: Sultan Al Neyadi". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 10 January 2020. | awards
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "SULTAN SAIF ALNEYADI". International Astronautical Federation.