Sultan Al Neyadi
Sultan Al Neyadi | |
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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) |
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 the UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs and an astronaut. He is one of the first two Arab astronauts or najmonauts from the United Arab Emirates, along with Hazzaa Al Mansoori. 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.’