Sultan Al Neyadi is undergoing training at SpaceX in preparation for the first long-term mission for Arab astronauts

Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi trained inside a Dragon vehicle model at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, USA, as part of the preparations for the second mission of the UAE Astronaut Program to the International Space Station and the first long-term mission for Arab astronauts.

Sultan will launch in 2023 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of the NASA and SpaceX Crew-6 mission to spend 6 months aboard the International Space Station, where he will conduct many advanced scientific experiments.

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