Back سلطان سيف النيادي Arabic Sultán an-Nejádí Czech Sultan al-Nejadi German سلطان النیادی Persian Sultan Al Neyadi French סולטאן א-ניאדי HE Sultan Al Neyadi ID Sultan Al Neyadi Italian Sultāns El Nejadi Latvian/Lettish സുൽത്താൻ അൽ നിയാദി Malayalam
Sultan Al Neyadi | |
|---|---|
 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 | |
| MBRSC astronaut | |
Time in space | 185 days, 22 hours, 43 minutes |
| Selection | MBRSC Group 1 (2018)[1] |
Total EVAs | 1 |
Total EVA time | 7 hours, 1 minute |
| Missions | SpaceX Crew-6 (Expedition 68/69) |
Mission insignia |    |
Sultan Saif Al Neyadi (Arabic: سلطان النيادي; born 23 May 1981) is an Emirati Minister of Youth and a najmonaut.[2] He is one of the first two najmonauts from the United Arab Emirates, along with Hazza Al Mansouri.[3] 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. He was sworn in on 11 January 2024 as the United Arab Emirates Minister of Youth.
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.