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Sultan Al Neyadi (Arabic: سلطان النيادي) is one of the first two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates, along with Hazza Al Mansouri.

Sultan Al Neyadi
Born	(1981-05-23) 23 May 1981 (age 41) Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Nationality	Emirati
Other names	Sultan Saif Muftah Hamad Al Neyadi
Alma mater	Griffith University University of Brighton
Space career
UAE Astronaut (2018)
Current occupation	Astronaut
Previous occupation	Engineer
Selection	MBRSC Selection 1[1]
Missions	SpaceX Crew-6 (Expedition 68/69)
Mission insignia

Childhood

Sultan Al Neyadi was born in Um Ghafa, a remote area outside Al Ain. He lived his childhood in his grandfather's house. He went to Um Ghafa Primary Boys School and Um Ghafa Secondary School. His father served in the UAE Armed Forces.[2]

Education and career

After high school, Sultan joined the UAE Armed Forces. He studied in Britain at the University of Brighton, where he received a BSc (Hons) in Electronics and Communications Engineering in 2004. After being selected to become one of the first two Emirati astronauts, university vice-chancellor Debra Humphris said, "We are so proud of our graduate and will be watching his endeavours as an astronaut with great interest."

After going back to the UAE, he studied at Zayed Military College for a year. He worked in the UAE Armed Forces as a communications engineer.

In 2008, he went to Australia and received a master's degree in Information and Networks Security from Griffith University, where he returned in 2011 to complete a PhD in Data Leakage Prevention Technology.[3]

Astronaut career

Al Neyadi was one of two people selected from 4,022 candidates to become the first Emirati astronauts, following a series of mental and physical tests in the UAE and Russia.[4] He went through the UAE Astronaut Programme at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre.

On 3 September 2018, UAE Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum tweeted: "We announced today our first astronauts to the International Space Station: Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Nayadi. Hazza and Sultan represent all young Arabs and represent the pinnacle of the UAE's ambitions."[5]

It was later announced that Al Mansouri would fly the first mission, with Al Neyadi as his back up, meaning Al Mansouri did his preparations to become the first person from the UAE to fly in space and Al Neyadi did his preparations to step in and fly the mission if anything were to happen to Al Mansouri that would compromise him flying the mission. Al Mansouri launched on Soyuz MS-15 on 25 September 2019 for an approximately eight-day mission on the ISS before returning to Earth on 3 October 2019.[6]

The MBRSC and Roscosmos engaged in negotiations to support a six-month ISS mission for a crew member from the UAE; Al Neyadi would be the logical choice for the mission.[7] ^{[clarification needed]} However, it was announced in April 2022 that MBRSC instead acquired a seat from Axiom Space for a UAE astronaut to travel to the ISS on NASA’s crew rotation flight, SpaceX Crew-6.[8] In July, Al Neyadi was officially assigned this seat, and is therefore expected to reach space for the first time in February 2023.[9]

References

External links

• Sultan Al Neyadi's Griffith University Profile

На других языках

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[de] Sultan al-Nejadi

Sultan al-Nejadi (arabisch سلطان النيادي, DMG Sulṭān an-Niyādī; geb. 23. Mai 1981 in Umm Ghafa[2]) ist Informationstechniker und einer von zwei Astronauten der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate. Er absolvierte noch keinen Raumflug.

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- [en] Sultan Al Neyadi

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[fr] Sultan Al Neyadi

Sultan Al Neyadi (Sultan Saif Muftah Hamad Al Neyadi) est un ingénieur en télécom et apprenti cosmonaute émirati né le 23 mai 1981. 

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[ru] Аль-Нейади, Султан

Султа́н Аль-Нейа́ди (араб. سلطان النيادي‎, англ. Sultan Saif Muftah Hamad Al Neyadi, род. 23 мая 1981, Эль-Айн, ОАЭ) — кандидат в астронавты первого набора ОАЭ. Опыта космических полетов не имеет. Проходил подготовку в составе дублирующего экипажа корабля «Союз МС-15» в качестве участника космического полёта.

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