Sheikh Hamdan Congratulates Sultan AlNeyadi

Sheikh Hamdan Congratulates Sultan AlNeyadi, Saying All The UAE Is With You

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai congratulated Emirati astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi as he started his space mission.

The Emirati astronaut has successfully started his six-month mission on board the International Space Station. Dr Al Neyadi will take part in more than 200 experiments assigned by Nasa and 19 others involving UAE universities.

Sheikh Hamdan shared a tweet, saying “all the UAE and Arab world stand with” AlNeyadi on his six-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

“Congratulations Sultan on your safe arrival at the ISS. The UAE and the Arab world stand with you as your mission starts. We have been counting the seconds in anticipation of this new achievement, which embodies the Zayed Ambition,” Sheikh Hamdan said in the tweet.

Sultan AlNeyadi made history when he blasted off to space aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

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