Sultan al-Nejadi

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Sultan al-Nejadi
Sultan al-Nejadi
Country: United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab
Emirates
Organization: MBRSC
selected on 3rd September 2018

Sultan al-Nejadi ( Arabic سلطان النيادي, DMG Sulṭān an-Niyādī ; born May 23, 1981 in Umm Ghafa ) is an information technician and one of two astronauts in the United Arab Emirates . He has not yet completed a space flight.

education

Al-Nejadi went to school in al-Ain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . He graduated from the University of Brighton in Great Britain with a bachelor's degree in electrical and communications engineering ; then he worked as a network security engineer for the armed forces of the United Arab Emirates . In 2008 he obtained a master's degree in information technology from Griffith University in Melbourne, Australia. He did his PhD and published some scientific papers.

Astronaut activity

In 2017, the United Arab Emirates' manned space program was launched. Sultan al-Nejadi applied as one of 4022 astronaut candidates. After a multi-stage selection process, the decision was made in September 2018 that he, together with Hassa al-Mansuri, would form the first space travel group in the Emirates. Both then trained at the Yuri Gagarin cosmonaut training center near Moscow.

Al-Nejadi was substitute for al-Mansuri on a week-long space mission in autumn 2019. If al-Mansuri had failed, al-Nejadi would have flown the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on September 25, 2019 .

Private

Al-Nejadi is married and has four children.

Web links

Commons : Sultan al-Nejadi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ready for takeoff! The UAE has finally chosen its first-ever astronauts. In: stepfeed.com. September 4, 2018, accessed August 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d How UAE astronauts reacted to call-up: One went jogging, the other thought it was a dream. In: Khaleej Times . February 26, 2019, accessed on August 28, 2019 .
  3. ^ Hazza Al Mansouri chosen to become first Emirati in space. In: Gulf News . April 12, 2019, accessed on August 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ MBRSC Astronauts. Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center, accessed August 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Nejadi, Sultan al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Information technician and astronaut from the United Arab Emirates
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Umm Ghafa , Emirate of Abu Dhabi