Sultan Al Neyadi is the man of the moment. One of the pioneering space racers from the UAE, alongside Hazza Al Mansouri, the astronaut has spent the past few months at a rather mind-blowing location – the International Space Station in outer space.
After completing the longest Arab space mission in history, Al Neyadi is slated to return homeward on Sunday, September 3, having completed six monumental months aboard the ISS.
For all of us here on terra firma eagerly awaiting to welcome him home with bated breath, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre has announced that his return will be live-streamed.
Starting from the unlocking of the Dragon Spacecraft, which will carry AlNeyadi and his fellow Crew-6 members from the ISS to the touchdown, viewers will be able to catch all the big moments as they happen in real-time.
The father of six children will meet his kids later though. During a virtual media briefing on Sunday, shortly after the undocking of Crew 6 from the International Space Station (ISS), Salem Al Marri, Director-General of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), revealed to the media: “He has family members here (Houston). His brothers, his wife, his father and there’s a big group here, who’ve come. They’ll be here to welcome him. He’ll spend some time with him. He’s ready to come back now. He of course misses his family and wants to see them.”
