Sultan AlNeyadi | |
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![]() AlNeyadi 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 AlNeyadi 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 AlNeyadi (Arabic: سلطان النيادي; born 23 May 1981) UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs and an astronaut.[2] He is one of the first two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates, along with Hazzaa Al Mansoori.[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.
AlNeyadi was the back-up for Hazzaa AlMansoori, in the UAE’s first scientific mission to the ISS in 2019, under the slogan ‘Zayed’s Ambition.’[4]