Neyadi shares picture of Abu Dhabi, says ‘city with a vibrant present and promising future'

Syed Shayaan Bakht, Staff Reporter

Emirati astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi shared a wonderful picture of the capital, Abu Dhabi from the International Space Station (ISS), and commented on it, " Here is the heart of our beloved home, the UAE ❤️

“A city with a vibrant present and promising future…The capital of our nation ?? #AbuDhabi."

The photo was taken from ISS as it travelled over the UAE.

Neyadi, earlier this month, monitored the Emirate of Dubai with a picture of a night that showed its beautiful features, and commented on it, “Dubai shines almost as bright as the stars up here. #MyDubai ?✨”

Al Neyadi continues the longest mission of Arab astronauts aboard the ISS, which lasts for 6 months.

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre shared another photo of Neyadi and his colleague.

The Space Centre said, “A photo of astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi and his colleague Warren Hoburg holding the tools used to open the "Unity" module space-facing side aboard the International Space Station.”

Neyadi is the second man from the UAE to go to space, after Hazzaa Al Mansoori's eight-day mission in 2019.

He is the first Arab to embark on a long-duration space mission.

The UAE is a newcomer to the world of space exploration but quickly making its mark.

It sent an unmanned spacecraft to Mars in 2021, in the Arab world's first interplanetary mission, and last year a rover to the Moon.

In April, the UAE-developed Rashid Moon rover was lost when Japanese start-up ispace's Hakuto-R lunar lander apparently crashed on the Moon's surface.

Sheikh Mohammed quickly directed the MBRSC to begin work on a second rover dubbed Rashid 2.