Sultan Saif AlNeyadi

H.E. Dr. Sultan AlNeyadi is the UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs, an astronaut and the first Arab to serve on the International Space Station (ISS) for a 6-month mission, as part of Expedition 69. AlNeyadi was inducted into the UAE Cabinet during an announcement made by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai in January 2024. He was one of the two astronauts selected in the first batch of the UAE Astronaut Programme, launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed forces, in 2017. AlNeyadi undertook the longest Arab space mission in history and became the first Arab to conduct a spacewalk during Expedition 69, which lasted 7 hours and 1 minute. During his time of over 4,000 hours aboard the ISS, he spearheaded multipl