Flight Engineer Sultan Al Neyadi is set to make history as the first Arab to undertake a spacewalk. 'Being chosen as the first Arab astronaut to undertake a spacewalk alongside Nasa astronaut Stephen Bowen is a great honour'
The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 2:15 pm BST to upgrade the space station’s power generation system first Arab to undertake a spacewalk.
‘Being chosen as the first Arab astronaut to undertake a spacewalk alongside Nasa astronaut Stephen Bowen is a great honour and responsibility,’ said Al Neyadi on Twitter. Fitness evaluations and robotic tests rounded out the schedule aboard the orbital outpost on Thursday.Al Neyadi is the first Emirati working aboard the International Space Station , where he will be staying for the next few months.
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