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UAE makes history with the launch of the longest Arab mission to space

The Dragon spacecraft carrying the UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi and Crew-6 colleagues has blasted off to space on March 2

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The crew is composed of:

UAE Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi (Mission Specialist)

  • First mission to space
  • First Emirati selected for a long-duration mission to the ISS
  • Born in Umm Ghafa, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Advanced degrees in information technology, and electronics and communications engineering

NASA Astronaut Steve Bowen (Commander)

  • Veteran of 3 missions to space and 7 spacewalks
  • Captain, U.S. Navy, Retired
  • First submarine officer selected as an astronaut
  • Hometown: Cohasset, Massachusetts

NASA Astronaut Woody Hoburg (Pilot)

  • First mission to space
  • Selected by NASA in 2017 as part of the “Turtles” class of astronaut candidates
  • Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Former employers include MIT, Boeing, and Yosemite Search and Rescue
  • Avid rock climber, mountaineer, and pilot

Roscosmos Cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev (Mission Specialist)

  • First mission to space
  • Born in Serov, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
  • His birthday is this Sunday, Feb. 26!
  • Selected as a cosmonaut in 2012
  • Engineer and military pilot with a degree in air transport and air traffic control
The SpaceX capsule
Sultan Al Neyadi with the crew
Sultan Al Neyadi with his family and friends
Al Neyadi’s six-month space mission to the International Space Station (ISS) would make him the first Arab long-duration astronaut mission
Al Neyadi’s six-month space mission to the International Space Station (ISS) would make him the first Arab long-duration astronaut mission
The launch on the longest Arab space mission in history

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