Expedition 68 Astronaut Sultan Alneyadi Talks with United Arab Emirates Leaders

Expedition 68 Astronaut Sultan Alneyadi Talks with United Arab Emirates Leaders

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight event March 7, 2022, with leaders in Dubai. Alneyadi is beginning a long-duration mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. 

UAE astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center is making history by becoming the first astronaut from the Arab world to spend six months on the International Space Station.

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 9 minutes, 24 seconds

Release Date: March 7, 2023

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