The four-person Ax-2 crew will spend 10 days at the station conducting research and educational outreach activities.
Sultan Al Neyadi
The spacewalk – which Al Neyadi will do with NASA Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen - is set to last about six and a half hours.
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.
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.
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.
During the mission, Al Neyadi will conduct many in-depth and advanced scientific experiments as part of the UAE Astronaut Programme.
Al Mansoori and Al Neyadi shared their experiences and discussed the future of space exploration.
The UAE astronaut will serve as a mission specialist on the SpaceX Crew-6 mission.
The Emirati astronaut will join NASA’s Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg alongside Russian cosmonaut Andrei Fedyaev.
